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Dwight Stones was born on 6 December, 1953 in Los Angeles, is an American athletics competitor, high jumper, track and field commentator. Discover Dwight Stones'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 70 years old?

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Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 6 December 1953
Birthday 6 December
Birthplace Los Angeles
Nationality United States

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Dwight Stones Height, Weight & Measurements

At 70 years old, Dwight Stones height is 6ft 5in and Weight 172 lb.

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Height 6ft 5in
Weight 172 lb
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Who Is Dwight Stones's Wife?

His wife is Linda Stones

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Dwight Stones Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dwight Stones worth at the age of 70 years old? Dwight Stones’s income source is mostly from being a successful competitor. He is from United States. We have estimated Dwight Stones's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1929

His distant cousin, Doug Nordquist, finished 5th, clearing 2.29 m. He had earned his spot on the U.S. Olympic Team by setting his 13th American record at 2.34m, Nordquist finished second (2.31m) at the U.S. Olympic Trials on June 24.

In the transitional time when amateur sports were beginning to break the barrier of payment to athletes, Stones was a leading advocate of the change.

During that period, one of the first options was for winnings to be paid to the athlete's club.

To answer that, Stones created the Desert Oasis Track Club, a California corporation.

The only athlete in the club was Dwight Stones.

The stockholders and officers were Dwight Stones and his family members.

Stones first made money in the televised sports creation Superstars which was "donated" to the track club.

This caused the IAAF and its American affiliate the AAU to suspend Stones.

1953

Dwight Edwin Stones (born December 6, 1953) is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump.

During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships.

1968

That jump also made him the first "flop" jumper to set a world record, five years after Dick Fosbury made that style famous while winning the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

1971

Stones, who is Jewish, was born in Los Angeles, Stones set a national high school record while at Glendale High School in 1971 at 2.17m, then won the bronze medal at age 18 at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

He set his first world record the following summer when he cleared 2.30m, also at Munich.

Stones attended UCLA his freshman year (1971–72), and later transferred to Long Beach State for a year and a half, and is a member of that university's hall of fame.

1972

Stones was one of the world's top high jumpers from 1972 to 1984 and has been twice named the World Indoor Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News.

At age 18, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he took the bronze medal in the high jump behind Jüri Tarmak and Stefan Junge.

1976

Stones raised the world record to 2.31m in 1976 at the NCAA Championships at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in June, and added another centimeter to the record two months later.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, he was a heavy favorite to win the gold medal.

Earlier, he finished second at the U.S. Olympic Trials, then had to settle for another Olympic bronze behind Jacek Wszoła and local favorite Greg Joy when his jumping ability was hampered by the competition being struck by heavy rain.

A few days later, he raised the world record to 2.32m in dry conditions at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

His participation at the Montreal Games sparked a heated debate: he had allegedly said that he hated French Canadians (Montréal-Matin Newspaper, July 29, 1976, pages 5 and 8) when he criticised the organization of the Games in a media interview.

Consequently, Stones was subject to raucous booing and hissing during the competition.

The debate became so inflamed that he decided on a new tee-shirt for the day of the final, the back of the shirt reading "I love French Canadians", which officials asked him to take off.

The Americans in the audience responded to the treatment of Stones by booing Claude Ferragne, a French-Canadian jumper, during the event.

1978

The ensuing lawsuit led to the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, which broke up the AAU, decertifying it as the national governing body for track and field (and many other sports) causing the formation of The Athletics Congress and the slow transition to allow professionalism.

1980

After missing 1980 Olympics in Moscow due to the American-led boycott, Stones returned to the Games at age 30 in 1984 in Los Angeles, and finished fourth.

He cleared 2.31 m, but lost the bronze medal to Zhu Jianhua on the countback.

1984

In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics.

Since then, he has been a color analyst for all three major networks in the United States and continues to cover track and field on television.

1991

He was a 1991 inductee into the Orange County Hall of Fame.

Stones is Jewish, and he once competed in the Maccabiah Games in Israel.

1994

In 1994, Stones hosted the second season of the ESPN game show Dream League.

1998

In 1998, Stones was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

2008

He served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Track and Field at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He is a member of the US Track Hall of Fame, the California Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.