Mike Powell (2020) - Hall of Fame

Mike Powell

Induction:
2020

Still the world record holder in the long jump, six-time USA outdoor champion Mike Powell competed in three Olympic Games, winning silver in 1988 and 1992. He was a two-time World Champion, breaking Bob Beamon's 23-year old world record in 1991 with a leap of 8.95m (29-4.5) and winning again in 1993. In 1991, he won the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete and took first in 34 consecutive competitions in 1993 and 1994. He competed one year for the Bruins after transferring from UC Irvine following the 1984 season, winning the Pac-10 long jump championship in 1986 and notching a collegiate-best mark of 8.22m (26-11.75), which ranks as the second-best long jump mark in school history. Powell later served as UCLA's jumps coach from 2006-08. He coached multiple athletes to All-America honors and conference and regional titles, and he produced a NCAA champion in Rhonda Watkins. Powell was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2005 and named to the Pac-12's All-Century Team.