Charles Everett "Charlie" Dumas (February 12, 1937 – January 5, 2004) was an American high jumper, the 1956 Olympic champion, and the first person to clear 7 ft.(2.13 m)[1] Dumas started his jumping career as a student first at Thomas Jefferson High School in South Central Los Angeles for 2 years.

As a sophomore, he finished tied for 4th place at the 1953 CIF California State Meet for Jefferson.

As a junior and senior he jumped for Centennial High School in Compton finishing second in 1954 and winning the state championship by four and a half inches in 1955.

[3] While attending Compton College, near Los Angeles, Dumas, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, made his memorable jump on June 29, 1956, in the US Olympic Trials in Los Angeles, breaking a barrier previously thought unbreakable.

In 1960, Dumas competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, but a knee injury during the competition prevented him from winning a second medal, finishing 6th.