Famous Athletes And Reality Show Stars Who Ran AAU

Claudia Jordan


Claudia Jordan may be best known for her starring role in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, or being "fired" multiple times by Donald Trump on numerous episodes of The Celebrity Apprentice, or perhaps co-hosting the Miss Universe 2009 pageant with Billy Bush. 

But few know that she was also an all-state sprinter and long jumper from Rhode Island who competed in the AAU Junior Olympics. Here's a picture of Claudia Jordan's result of 27.8 for the Junior Girls' 200m from the 1987 AAU Region 1 Championships, which was good enough to qualify her for the AAU JOs!






It looks like AAU runs in the family, though. Her niece, Camille Jordan, split a 2:25 800m at just 12 years old last Friday at AAU Club Nationals.