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{{short description|American hammer thrower}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Jessica Cosby
| image          = 
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| caption        = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1982|5|31}}
| birth_place    = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| height         = {{height|m=1.73}}
| weight         = {{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country        = {{USA}}
| sport          = Athletics
| event          = [[Hammer throw]]
| coach          = 
| highestranking = 
| pb             = 
| medaltemplates = 
| updated        = August 14, 2012
}}

'''Jessica Cosby''' (born May 31, 1982) is an [[Americans|American]] [[hammer throw]]er. She competed at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|2007 World Championships]] and the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|2008 Olympic Games]] without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 74.2 metres, achieved on May 22, 2014, in [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/jessica-cosby-toruga-180069|title=Jessica Cosby Toruga|work=iaaf.org}}</ref>

Competing for the [[UCLA Bruins track and field]] team, Cosby won the [[shot put]] at the [[2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref name="Shot put at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=2&series=3369&event=25 |title=Shot put at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/olympics/news/story?id=5178725 Cosby beats USADA in arbitration]. [[ESPN]] (May 10, 2010). Retrieved on August 8, 2010.</ref>

Cosby tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a six-year suspension for her second anti-doping rule violation in March 2017. She 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usada.org/jessica-cosby-toruga-accepts-doping-sanction/ |title=Jessica Cosby-Toruga Accepts Doping Sanction &#124; USADA |website=www.usada.org |date= March 6, 2017|access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref>

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.<ref>Gains, Paul (June 2, 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=65154.html Dibaba 30:24.39 and Kiprop 27:01.98 on stunning but wet first night in Eugene – Samsung Diamond League]. IAAF. Retrieved on June 3, 2012.</ref>  She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games but again did not qualify for the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/athletics/hammer-throw-w|title=hammer throw women results - Athletics - London 2012 Olympics}}</ref> She threw 71.72 meters to place 2nd at the 2014 US Outdoor championship on June 28.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://branchsportstech.com/2014_Meets/outdoor/06-25-usatf/Result-Horz.php?EN=36&RN=1&ST=Official&D=4|title=USATF Championships}}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing the {{USA}}
|-
|2000
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|9th
|Shot put
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put|14.93 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[2004 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics|NACAC U23 Championships]] 
|[[Sherbrooke]], Canada
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Hammer
|[[2004 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics – Results#Hammer throw 2|63.70 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 NACAC Championships|NACAC Championships]] 
|[[San Salvador, El Salvador]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Hammer
|[[2007 NACAC Championships – Results#Hammer throw 2|65.15 m]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|15th (q)
|Hammer
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|67.90 m]]
|-
|2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Beijing, China]]
|&mdash;
|Hammer
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|NM]]
|-
|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|7th
|Hammer
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|72.17 m]]
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|11th
|Hammer
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw|68.91 m]]
|-
|2012
|[[2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|14th
|Hammer
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw|69.65 m]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}

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[[Category:Track and field athletes from Los Angeles]]
[[Category:American female hammer throwers]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:UCLA Bruins women's track and field athletes]]
[[Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
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[[Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:American female shot putters]]


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