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Biography
- Indoor Triple Jump - 2019
- Outdoor Long Jump - 2019
That's TWO-time#NCAATF champion@Yaniis_Dav!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF)June 7, 2019
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SEC Championships (4)
- Indoor Long Jump - 2019
- Indoor Triple Jump - 2019
- Outdoor Long Jump - 2019
- Outdoor Triple Jump - 2019
- Second woman in history (Shara Proctor, 2010) to sweep the horizontal jumps at both the SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships
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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF)May 16, 2019
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NCAA All-Time Top 10 Rankings
- No. 2 - Outdoor Triple Jump (14.35m / 47-1 - third-farthest jump in collegiate history)
- t-No. 7 - Outdoor Long Jump (6.84m / 22-5.25 - third-farthest jump in NCAA Outdoors history)
- No. 7 - Indoor Triple Jump (14.11m / 46-3.5)
- Ended career as only woman on both the long jump and triple jump collegiate all-time outdoor top 10 lists
- Holds school records in all three events
What does the No. 3? triple jump in@NCAATrackField history look like?
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF)May 15, 2019
*@Yaniis_Dav scrolls through camera roll *
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Awards & Honors
- 2019 The Bowerman Finalist
- 2019 Honda Sport Award winner for track and field
- 2019 USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year
- 2019 SEC Indoor and Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year
- 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
- Graduated in Spring 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Health Education and Behavior
Achievements / Accolades
- Led all women in 2019 NCAA Championships scoring (34 points)
- Seventh woman in history to score 18-plus points in horizontal jumps at NCAA Outdoors (won long jump, second in triple jump in 2019)
- Two-time NCAA Indoor Championships silver medalist (triple jump - 2017-18)
- Two-time NCAA Outdoor Championships silver medalist (triple jump - 2018-19)
- 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships bronze medalist (long jump)
- 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships bronze medalist (triple jump)
- Seven-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (long jump - 2016, 2018-19; triple jump - 2016-19)
- Six-tme USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (long jump - 2018-19; triple jump--2016-19)
- 2018 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (long jump - silver medalist)
- Two-time All-SEC Outdoor Triple Jump Second Team (silver medalist - 2017-18)
- Three-time All-SEC Indoor Triple Jump Second Team (silver medalist - 2016-18)
International Medals
- 2018 Mediterranean Championships gold medalist (triple jump)
- 2017 European U23 Championships gold medalist (long jump)
- 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships gold medalist (long jump)
- Two-time 2016 CARIFTA Games U20 Division gold medalist (long jump, triple jump)
Collegiate PR | LJ: 6.84m (22-5.25);TJ: 14.35m (47-1)
High School PR | LJ:6.24m (20-5.75);TJ:13.65m (44-9.5)
"To my younger self,
— NCAA (@NCAA)June 14, 2019
You will grow into a person who is not scared to smile, who is not scared of the unusual, and who won’t ever give up."
2019#ncaaTF Women’s Outdoor Long Jump Champion Yanis David |@GatorsTFpic.twitter.com/gCALFNomKT
Yanis David TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2019: Won NCAA titles in the indoor triple jump and outdoor long jump ... Also took second in outdoor triple jump and third in indoor long jump at NCAA Championships to lead all women with 34 points for the season ... Swept long jump and triple jump titles at both SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships (second woman in history - Gator Great Shara Proctor being the other - to complete that sweep) ... Became first women's finalist for The Bowerman in program history ... Became Florida's first track and field winner of the Honda Sport Award ... USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year ... SEC Indoor and Outdoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year ... Two-time USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (long jump; triple jump) .... Set new PRs and all-time outdoor collegiate all-time top 10 marks in the long jump (6.84m / 22-5.25) and triple jump (14.35m / 47-1) ... Achieved 2019 IAAF World Championships and 2020 Olympics standards in both horizontal jumps ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2018: Won long jump gold medal and set a triple jump PR at the Mediterranean Games ... Four-time USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (long jump; triple jump) ... Silver medalist at NCAA and SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships triple jump competitions, only finishing behind collegiate record holder Keturah Orji each time ... Recorded the second-highest finish in school history at NCAA Outdoors in the triple jump ... Fourth-place finisher in the long jump at NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships ... SEC Outdoors long jump silver medalist--set new PR of 6.67m (21-10.75) ... Finished fourth in the long jump at SEC Indoors.
2017: Won long jump gold medal and took fourth in triple jump at European U23 Championships ... USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-American (triple jump) ... USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (long jump) ... Finished second to the collegiate and American triple jump record holder at NCAA Indoor Championships, SEC Indoor Championships, and SEC Outdoor Championships ... Third-place finisher in triple jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... All-SEC Indoor and Outdoor Second Team (triple jump -- silver medalist) ... Became third Division I underclassman and seventh Division I woman since 2002 to eclipse 13.90 meters indoors (13.93m / 45-8.5), doing so at Tyson Invitational ... Also became the fourth Division I underclassman since 2002 to eclipse 13.90 meters (all-conditions) outdoors, leaping 13.92 meters (45-8, +3.3) at Horned Frog Invitational (others were Keturah Orji, 2016; Kimberly Williams, 2009; Blessing Okagbare, 2008) ... Finished 17th in the long jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Sixth-place finisher in long jump at SEC Outdoor Championships.
2016: Enrolled in January ... Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (long jump; triple jump) ... USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (triple jump) ... All-SEC Indoor Second Team (triple jump) ... Two-time All-SEC Indoor Freshman Team (long jump; triple jump) ... All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team (long jump) ... Third-place finisher in the triple jump and eighth-place finisher in the long jump at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... First UF freshman and seventh Division I freshman in history to record a top-three finish in the triple jump at NCAA Outdoors ... First UF freshman in school history to score in long jump at NCAA Outdoors ... Finished 14th overall in the triple jump at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Took third in the triple jump and sixth in the long jump, finishing first among freshmen in both events, at SEC Indoor Championships ... Finished sixth in the long jump and 18th in the triple jump at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Broke the 27-year-old CARIFTA Games U20 Division long jump meet record with a season-best leap of 6.48m (21-3.25) while representing Guadeloupe ... Two-time CARIFTA Games U20 Division gold medalist (long jump, triple jump) ... Finished 10th overall in the triple jump final at the IAAF World Junior Championships ... Became one of two freshmen since 2000 to leap at least 6.39 meters in the long jump and 13.50 meters in the triple jump in an indoor season ... Became the fifth Division I freshman since 2000 to triple jump at least 13.50 meters indoors ... Second Gator freshman (Shara Proctor, 2007) and sixth SEC freshman in history to score in both horizontal jumps at SEC Indoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP:Native of France ... Attended Cite Scolaire d'Excellence Sportive in Lamentin, Guadeloupe … Gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games ... Sixth-place finisher in the triple jump at the 2015 European Junior Championships ... Qualified for the 2015 European Junior Championships long jump qualifying round, but did not start.
MAJOR: Received Health Education & Behavior degree May 2020.
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