 amy lyn acuff (born july 14, 1975) is a track and field athlete from the united states. a high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 olympic games as a member of usa track and field. her best olympic performance came at the 2004 games, where her jump of 1.99&nbsp;m earned her fourth place in the final. ==biography== born in port arthur, texas, she established herself domestically with wins at the usa outdoor track and field championships in 1995 and 1997. at the age of 22, she became the universiade champion, edging out monica iagÄr in the 1997 high jump final. acuff was the winner of the 1998 hochsprung mit musik meeting in arnstadt, germany, becoming the first non-european winner in the history of the event. she went on to win at the national championships in 2001, 2003, and 2005. her personal best is 2.01 m, which she achieved in zÃ¼rich on august 15, 2003. while in high school in 1993 she was named the national girl's "high school athlete of the year" by track and field news.http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/hsaoys.pdf track and field news high school aoy her 1.95m at the texas relays at age 36 on march 31, 2012 should qualify as the w35 american masters record. ==achievements== ===personal bests=== *high jump (outdoors) =  - zurich, august 15, 2003 *high jump (indoors) =  - indianapolis, march 11, 1995 * national scholastic indoor champion: 1991, 1992 * pan-am junior champion: 1993 * ncaa (national collegiate) indoor champion: 1994, 1995, 1997 * ncaa outdoor champion: 1995, 1996 * 6 time u.s. outdoor champion: 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 * 5 time u.s. indoor champion: 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 {|  |- !colspan="6"|representing  |- |1992 | world junior championships |seoul, south korea |align=cente
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