Age, Biography and Wiki

Benn Fields was born on 17 December, 1954 in United States, is an American high jumper. Discover Benn Fields's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

Popular As N/A
Occupation N/A
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 17 December 1954
Birthday 17 December
Birthplace N/A
Nationality United States

We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 17 December. He is a member of famous Jumper with the age 69 years old group.

Benn Fields Height, Weight & Measurements

At 69 years old, Benn Fields height not available right now. We will update Benn Fields's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.

Physical Status
Height Not Available
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
Hair Color Not Available

Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

Family
Parents Not Available
Wife Not Available
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Benn Fields Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Benn Fields worth at the age of 69 years old? Benn Fields’s income source is mostly from being a successful Jumper. He is from United States. We have estimated Benn Fields's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
House Not Available
Cars Not Available
Source of Income Jumper

Benn Fields Social Network

Instagram
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook Benn Fields Facebook
Wikipedia Benn Fields Wikipedia
Imdb

Timeline

1954

Benjamin "Benn" Fields (born December 17, 1954) is an American former high jumper.

1972

In 1972, his senior year at Washingtonville, Fields suffered from a bruised back but recovered fast enough to enter the New York State high school championship meet as one of the favorites in the high jump; he won the state title with a jump of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m).

1973

After graduating from Washingtonville, Fields entered the State University of New York at New Paltz, setting a SUNY Athletic Conference record as a freshman in 1973 and sharing third place at that year's NCAA College Division championships.

SUNY New Paltz dropped its track and field program after that year, with Fields moving to Seton Hall University as a result.

1975

While at Seton Hall, he won the 1975 Penn Relays high jump with a jump of 7 ft 1 1⁄2 in (2.17 m) and placed fourth at that year's NCAA Division I Championships; he also won the 1975 IC4A high jump title as Seton Hall claimed the team championship.

1976

In 1976, his final year at Seton Hall, Fields placed eighth at the NCAA championships and seventh at the national (AAU) championships.

At that summer's U.S. Olympic Trials Fields no-heighted in the final, failing to qualify for the American team.

1977

In 1977, he placed fourth at the AAU championships with a jump of 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) and was ranked #7 in the United States by Track & Field News for his first national top 10 ranking.

1978

At the 1978 AAU meet Fields cleared 7 ft 4 1⁄4 in (2.24 m) to place shared second, losing only to former world record holder Dwight Stones and tying with former world indoor record holder Franklin Jacobs.

He set his personal best, 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in), in Valparaíso on November 1, 1978; Track & Field News ranked him third in the United States and sixth in the world that year.

1979

In 1979 Fields won silver medals at the Pan American Games and the Soviet Spartakiad.

Fields won the national indoor championship title at the 1979 AAU indoor championships, jumping a meeting record 7 ft 4 3⁄4 in (2.25 m) and edging out Jacobs and James Frazier on fewer misses; Stones, the previous year's champion, had been declared a professional and thus wasn't eligible to jump.

At the outdoor championships Jacobs in turn won from Fields on countback as both cleared 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m); Jacobs, who had had a mediocre outdoor season until then, only narrowly missed at 7 ft 7 in.

That summer Fields represented the United States at the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and then the Soviet Spartakiad in Moscow; he won silver medals in both meets.

At the Pan American Games he only cleared 2.19 m (7 ft 2 1⁄4 in), but still placed second behind Jacobs; at the Spartakiad, which as a dress rehearsal for the following year's Summer Olympics was inviting non-Soviet athletes for the first time, he jumped 2.24 m (7 ft 4 1⁄4 in) and lost to the Soviet Union's Aleksandr Grigoryev on more misses.

Fields's best jump in 1979 was 2.27 m (7 ft 5 1⁄2 in), which he jumped in Bratislava on June 7; he defeated world record holder Vladimir Yashchenko in that competition.

1980

He won his specialty at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, but missed out on Olympic participation due to the American boycott.

Fields attended Washingtonville High School in Washingtonville, New York, where he set school records in both high jump and triple jump.

Originally, he jumped as Ben Fields; he adopted the spelling "Benn" later in his career to make his name more distinctive.

Fields continued high jumping after graduating from Seton Hall, dedicating himself to qualifying for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Fields remained in good shape in 1980 and was disappointed with the American decision to boycott the Olympics in Moscow.

He skipped that year's national championships, but eventually decided to compete at the Olympic Trials (which were held separately); in windy conditions, he won the Trials with a jump of 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m), but due to the boycott he and the other qualifiers didn't get to compete at the Olympics.

Track & Field News ranked him a career-best fifth in the world that year, and first in the United States; it was his only national #1 ranking.

Although Fields was never world-ranked again after 1980, he continued his jumping career.

Fields qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the boycott.

He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.

1982

At the 1982 U.S.: outdoor championships, he placed second behind Milton Ottey, a Canadian.

As the top United States jumper, he was the American champion.

1982 marked the last time Fields was ranked in the national top ten; he attempted to qualify for the Olympics again at the 1984 Trials, but no-heighted in the qualification round.

Fields was inducted in the Seton Hall Pirates Hall of Fame in 1982 and in the New Paltz Hawks Hall of Fame in 2005.