Walter L. Davis (born July 2, 1979) is an American athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He was born in Lafayette, Louisiana Davis won the 2005 World Outdoor and 2006 World Indoor Championships. However, his greatest claim to fame may have occurred in the 2004 Olympic Trials, where in the later rounds of the final he put in an extraordinary jump, during the landing phase of which he lost control, with his foot hitting the sand a significant distance behind his rump, which is the usual area of the body which lands first in the sand. The jump had to be measured from first body contact with the sand, the foot, which was an official 17.63m. The distance of the jump to where his rump landed in the sand was at least 18 m from video analysis. Davis was a member of the Louisiana State University track and field team. In the period from July 2012 to 2013, he missed three mandatory drug tests. This resulted in a one-year ban from the sport. Achievements 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships - gold medal 2005 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal 2004 Summer Olympics - 11th place 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - silver medal 2003 World Championships in Athletics - seventh place (long jump) 2001 World Championships in Athletics - fifth place 1st IAAF World Athletics Final - second place References External links Walter Davis at the U.S. Olympic Team 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Lafayette, Louisiana Track and field athletes from Louisiana American male triple jumpers African-American male track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States World Athletics Championships medalists LSU Tigers track and field athletes American sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Junior college men's track and field athletes in the United States Barton Cougars men's track and field athletes World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople