Omar Craddock

Omar Craddock (born April 26, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. With the University of Florida he won one indoor and two outdoor NCAA titles in the event. He competed alongside Christian Taylor and Will Claye in a succession of elite level triple jumpers to come from the Florida Gators track and field team.

He was the bronze medalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. In 2013 he won the national triple jump title at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. His personal best for the triple jump is .

Craddock served a 20 month competition ban from 2020 to 2022 following an anti-doping regulation violation relating to missed tests.

Career

Early life Raised in Killeen, Texas, he attended Killeen High School and enjoyed basketball, American football and baseball. He was also the state champion in the event in 2008.

College athletics He gained an athletics scholarship at the University of Florida and began to compete collegiately for the Florida Gators track and field team. In his first year there he quickly established himself as one of the school's best ever jumpers. He jumped (his first over sixteen metres) to take third at the Southeastern Conference indoor championship and placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championship. He was runner-up at the Florida Relays, won at the Penn Relays. A second-place finish at the 2010 SEC Outdoor Championship helped the Florida Gators to their first team title in over twenty years. A sixth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championship gave Craddock his second All-American honour for the year.

The 2011 collegiate season began with school-best performances : at the SEC Indoor Championships the Florida Gators swept the men's triple jump through Christian Taylor, Will Claye and Craddock. The three produced the best jump's in the school's history and Craddock was third with a best of . He came fifth at the NCAA Indoors and won his first outdoor meet at the Penn Relays, but missed the rest of the outdoor season. He cleared a new best of at the NCAA Indoors, but was again runner-up as Bryce Lamb jumped almost seventeen metres. In the outdoor season Craddock began an undefeated streak, starting at the Texas Relays. He retained his SEC and the NCAA triple jump titles and improved his best to . He got the better of Will Claye at the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to win his first national title in a wind-assisted .

Personal bests Triple jump (outdoor): (2019) Triple jump (outdoor): (2015) Triple jump (outdoor): (2013) Triple jump (outdoor): w (2014) Triple jump (indoor): (2013) Long jump (indoor): (2013)

National titles NCAA Indoor titles: 2012 NCAA Outdoor titles: 2012, 2013 USA Outdoor titles: 2013, 2015

International competitions