Background
Conway, Hollis was born on January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Olympic athlete Track and field athletie
Conway, Hollis was born on January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Student, Southwestern Louisiana University, since 1989.
Conway was the top-ranked high jumper in the United States. seven straight years from 1988-1994 and in the world for two of those years (1990 and 1991). Born in Chicago, Illinois and a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Conway went 7-8¾ in the event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, of Korea, setting a United States. collegiate record and earning a silver medal. In 1989, Conway broke the American record twice in the high jump, winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Outdoor Track and Field Championship at 7-9¾ and the United States. Olympic Festival at 7-10.
He earned his first of two world Number.
He had ten jumps of 7-8 or better that year. He established a new National Collegiate Athletic Association indoor record of 2.37m (7 ft-9½in) at the 1989 National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships: it remains as one of the longest-standing National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Championship Meet, records through 2011.
Conway was ranked Number. 1 in the world in 1991 by winning the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, with an American indoor record of 7-10½.
He was ranked third in the world in 1992 and 1993.
He was a Goodwill Games runner-up in 1994. Conway wrote the foreword of the Complete Book of Jumps (Human Kinetics Europe Limited, 1995). His IAAF biography also credits Conway with a personal best in the triple jump of 16.17 m (53 ft 01⁄2 in), which is an international-class distance (especially given that he likely did not practice this event very often).
Conway jumped off his left foot and is considered short in stature, in comparison to other world-class high jumpers, many of whom stand 6"3"-to-6"5".
His personal details on file with the IAAF officially list his height and weight as 1.83m and 68 kg, which equate to 6 feet one-quarter inch, and 150 pounds. However, in a high jump instructional video produced in 1991, which features Conway and his coach, Dick Booth, the narrator states Conway is "six feet one-half inch" (184m) and weighs "one hundred forty-five pounds." The narrator also says Conway has "average" speed, running 10.8 seconds for 100 meters, as well as having only an "average" vertical leap of 31 inches.
At six feet tall, Conway has held a distinction with four others in track and field history for jumping over their own heights. Conway"s best jump was 22-1/4 inches (57 cm) above his head
He is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame in 1999.