(born Aug. 4, 1956) Joni Huntley starred in the high jump in high school, college and won the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games.

Born in 1956, Huntley grew up in Sheridan and was a standout in track and field, winning six state titles from 1972-74. In 1974, she won the 100-yard dash, the 100-meter high hurdles and set a national high school record by clearing 6-feet in the high jump, which helped Sheridan tie Madras for the Class 3A state title. Huntley’s 6-foot jump established a state meet record, which entered the 2013 track and field season as the oldest OSAA championship meet record at any classification.

Later in ’74, she won the first of four consecutive national titles in the high jump. Huntley moved to Corvallis for college and, in 1975, won conference titles for Oregon State in the high hurdles, long jump and high jump before winning national titles in the high jump and long jump. She won gold in the high jump at the 1975 Mexico City Pan-Am Games. In 1976, she cleared 6-feet-2 3/4 inches, which established an Oregon State record that had yet to be broken through 2012. She competed in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Summer Games, and finished eighth.

Huntley continued to train through the 1980 Olympic boycott and finished third in the ’84 Games before retiring.

She was inducted to the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.