Background
Brittany Borman was born July 1, 1989 in Saint Louis, Missouri to Richard and Laura Borman.
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Brittany Borman
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By the time she graduated in 2008, she was a four team All-Metro track star.
Career
By the time she entered high school, Borman had tried nearly every track and field event. At Festus High School, she competed in shot put, discus, long jump, 100 m hurdles, triple jump and high jump. After high school, Borman was accepted to University of California, Los Angeles on an athletic scholarship.
She planned to follow in the footsteps of her idol Jackie Joyner-Kersee and compete the heptathlon.
However, after one season she transferred to the University of Oklahoma and decided to concentrate on the discus and javelin exclusively. In 2010, Borman became second the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships in the javelin with a throw of 53.00 metres (17388 ft) and in discus with a throw of 54.33 metres (1782 ft).
She holds the Oklahoma school record in both the javelin and discus. Borman competed in the United States National Championship in 2010 and 2011, finishing seventh in the javelin both years.
She qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in the javelin.
Entering the final round of competition, she was in third place with three spots in the 2012 Summer Olympics up for grabs. However, she had never thrown the Olympic "A" Standard of 61.00 metres (20013 ft) and thus was not in a position to make the Olympic team On her final throw, she exceeded her personal best by 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in), turning in a distance of 61.51 metres (2018 ft).
"I didn’t really know what happened differently," Borman remarked.
At the 2012 Olympics, Borman"s best throw during the qualifying round was 59.27 meters. She placed 8th in her group (15th overall) and did not qualify for the final.
Borman is coached by former Olympian, Todd Riech, and is sponsored by Nike. 2014 #2 ranked Javelin in the United States by Track and Field News.
Borman credits a mission trip to Nicaragua for being the thing that has most shaped her life.
She currently lives in De Soto, Missouri.
Achievements
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She is a four-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Track and Field Champion, winning the javelin in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and the discus in 2010. In 2012, she won the United States Olympic Trials in the javelin and represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won state championships in high jump (5 ft-4 in) as a sophomore and in both the discus (150 ft-5 in) and shot put (44 ft-1025 in) as a junior. In her senior year, she suffered a hamstring injury before the state finals, but still managed to win the discus (135 ft-9 in) and shot put (42 ft-8 in) titles. In 2006, Borman won the javelin event at the USATF Junior Olympics with a throw of 42.49 metres (1394 ft) and finished third in the heptathlon with a score of 4538 points. In 2007, she won both the javelin (4241m/139 ft-1in) and shot put (1348m/44 ft-275in) at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics. In 2011 and 2012, she repeated as National Collegiate Athletic Association javelin champion, with throws of 54.32 metres (1782 ft) and 56.27 metres (1846 ft) respectively. Additionally, she has won four Big Twelve titles and is a four-time All-American. With the throw, she won the event and made the Olympic team
