Editing Amy Acuff (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Port Arthur, Texas]], she established herself domestically with wins at the [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] in 1995 and 1997. At the age of 22, she became the [[Universiade]] champion, edging out [[Monica Iagăr]] in the [[Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade|1997 high jump final]]. Acuff was the winner of the 1998 [[Hochsprung mit Musik]] meeting in [[Arnstadt]], Germany, becoming the first non-European winner in the history of the event. She went on to win at the national championships in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. Six national championships, all in odd numbered years.

Her personal best is 2.01 m, which she achieved at the [[Weltklasse Zürich|Weltklasse Golden League international track and field meet]] in Zürich, Switzerland, on August 15, 2003. She finished 4th place at that high jump competition.<ref>Aquitania, Ray E. M.D.(2001)''Jock-Docs: World-Class Athletes Wearing White Coats'' {{ISBN|9781609106126}}</ref>

During the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|2004 Olympic final]], she was in bronze medal position through 1.99m. At 2.02m, after [[Vita Styopina]] cleared her lifetime personal best on her first attempt, Acuff strategically chose to pass at what would have been her personal best just to equal Styopina and retain bronze medal position. At the time, American television commentator [[Dwight Stones]] said "That is a decision she will think about the rest of her life."

While in high school in 1993 she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by [[Track and Field News]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013091646/http://trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-13 }} Track and Field News High School AOY</ref>

Her 1.95m at the [[Texas Relays]] at age 36 on March 31, 2012, should qualify as the W35 [[United States records in masters athletics|American Masters record]].

Just 17 days before her 40th birthday, on June 28, 2015, Acuff placed third at the USATF track championships in [[Eugene, Oregon]], potentially qualifying her for 2015's US delegation to the world championships in Beijing, however she needed jump of 1.94 meters, the qualifying standard. She, and all of the other American women, were ultimately unable to meet this standard and could not compete in [[Beijing]].

She was Inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees |title=Txtfhalloffame |access-date=2017-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116170038/http://ttfca2.wixsite.com/txtfhalloffame/inductees |archive-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>