Tianna Bartoletta is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she placed fourth in the 100m race then won her first gold by leading off the world record-setting 4×100m relay team. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won two more golds, first with a personal best to win the long jump then again leading off the victorious 4×100m relay team.

Bartoletta won the long jump World Championship in 2005 and 2015, along with the long jump World Indoor Championship in 2006. She also was a pusher on the U.S. bobsled team in 2012.

She attended local public schools, including Elyria High School, and was a member of the 2003 USA TODAY All-USA High School Girls Track Team. She appeared in the 2003 “Faces In The Crowd” section of Sports Illustrated and was named the 2003 Gatorade Ohio High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. She became the third athlete in Ohio history to win four events at a state championship meet two years in a row.

Bartoletta attended the University of Tennessee and is ranked first all-time in Tennessee’s history of the outdoor long jump at 6.89 m.

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