Janay DeLoach Soukup

Janay DeLoach Soukup is an American track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and the hurdles. Born on 12 October 1985 and raised in a military family that lived in many places, she graduated from Ben Eielson High School in Alaska, where she played basketball and ran track, and then competed for Colorado State University. She finished sixth in the long jump at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won silver in the event at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Brittney Reese. At the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon she jumped 7.03 metres, a career best, to take third place and join the Olympic team, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she won the bronze medal in the women's long jump with 6.89 metres. She later took second in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2014 USA Indoor Championships, placed fifth in that event at the 2014 World Indoor Championships and finished eighth in the long jump at the 2015 World Championships. She earned a place on the 2016 Olympic team in the long jump but missed the long jump final by three centimetres.