Jessica Cosby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American hammer thrower
Date of Birth: 31-May-1982
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jessica Cosby
- Jessica Cosby (born May 31, 1982) is an American hammer thrower.
- She competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
- Her personal best throw is 74.2 metres, achieved on May 22, 2014 in Tucson, Arizona.Shortly after the 2009 Championships, she failed a random, out-of-competition drug test.
- She explained that the banned diuretic had entered her system as a result of taking a water pill to aid urination.
- Cosby said that depression, brought on by a series of personal and sporting setbacks (including losing her coach and her job), had left her unable to pass water and that her mother had given her the pill.
- Following an arbitration meeting with the US Anti-Doping Agency, the panel accepted her version of events and she received a reduced ban of four months.Cosby tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a six-year suspension for her second anti-doping rule violation in March 2017.
- Cosby tested positive for the presence of an exogenous anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and/or its metabolites, which was confirmed by carbon isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) analysis, as a result of an out-of-competition urine sample she provided on September 12, 2016.Cosby was runner-up at the 2010 USA Outdoor Championship, but won the national title in the hammer the following year.
- She reached the final at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and placed eleventh overall.
- She set a new personal record at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic, throwing the implement 74.19 m for fourth place.
- She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games but again did not qualify for the final.
- Jessica Cosby Toruga threw 71.72 meters to place 2nd at the 2014 US Outdoor championship on June 28.
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