sport.wikisort.org - AthleteWilliam Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.[1]
American decathlete
Bill Toomey
 Bill Toomey in 1968 |
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Born | (1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 83) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
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Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Decathlon |
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Club | Southern California Striders |
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Personal best(s) | 100 – 10.3 (1966) 200 – 21.2 (1966) 400 – 45.6 (1968) 1500 – 4:12.7 (1964) 110H – 14.2 (1969) 400H – 51.7 (1961) HJ – 6–6¾ (2.00) (1969) PV – 14–0¼ (4.27) (1969) LJ – 26–0¼ (7.93) (1969) SP – 47–2¼ (14.38) (1969) DT – 154–2 (46.99) (1969) JT – 225–8 (68.78) (1969) Dec – 8309 (1969) |
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He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News.[2]
Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.[1]
Toomey also competed in Masters Track and Field. [3]
References
- "Bill Toomey". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
- Past Covers 1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
- National Masters News. Retrieved Nov 29, 2020
External links
Media related to Bill Toomey at Wikimedia Commons
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Preceded by |
Men's decathlon world record holder December 11, 1969 – September 8, 1972 |
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Awards and achievements |
Preceded by |
Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1969 |
Succeeded by |
 Olympic champions in the men's all-around, pentathlon and decathlon |
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All-around | |
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Pentathlon | |
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Decathlon | |
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Pan American Champions in men's decathlon |
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Summer Universiade champions in men's decathlon |
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- 1959Vasili Kuznetsov† (URS)
- 1961: Vasili Kuznetsov †(URS)
- 1963: Manfred Pflugbeil (FRG)
- 1965: Bill Toomey (USA)
- 1967: Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG)
- 1970: Mykola Avilov (URS)
- 1973: Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
- 1975: Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)
- 1979: Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)
- 1981: Aleksandr Shablenko (URS)
- 1983: Dave Steen (CAN)
- 1985: Mike Ramos (USA)
- 1987: Siegfried Wentz (FRG)
- 1989: Dave Johnson (USA)
- 1991: Steve Fritz (USA)
- 1993: Sébastien Levicq (FRA)
- 1995: Dezső Szabó (HUN)
- 1997: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 1999: Raúl Duany (CUB)
- 2001: Raúl Duany (CUB)
- 2003: Romain Barras (FRA)
- 2005: Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR)
- 2007: Jacob Minah (GER)
- 2009: Mikalai Shubianok (BLR)
- 2011: Vasiliy Kharlamov (RUS)
- 2013: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
- 2015: Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
- 2017: Kyle Cranston (AUS)
- 2019: Aaron Booth (NZL)
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†1959 was contested as a pentathlon |
US National Championship winners in men's decathlon |
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1915–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993-onwards USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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USA Championship winners in men's pentathlon |
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- 1920: Brutus Hamilton
- 1921–22: Edward Gourdin
- 1923: Not held
- 1924: Anthony Woostroff
- 1925: Paul Courtois
- 1926: Theodore Drews
- 1927: Harry Flippen
- 1928: Not held
- 1929: Paul Courtois
- 1930: Barney Berlinger
- 1931: Jim Bausch
- 1932: Not held
- 1933–34: Eulace Peacock
- 1935: Clyde Coffman
- 1936: Arkie Trenko
- 1937: Eulace Peacock
- 1938–39: John Borican
- 1940: Harry March
- 1941: John Borican
- 1942: Not held
- 1943–45: Eulace Peacock
- 1946: Charles Beaudry
- 1947: John Voight
- 1948: Russell Thomas
- 1949–50: Wilbur Ross
- 1951–54: Brayton Norton
- 1955: Des Koch
- 1956–58: Howard Smith
- 1959: Dixon Farmer
- 1960–61: Bill Toomey
- 1962: Paul Herman
- 1963–64: Bill Toomey
- 1965: Jim Miller
- 1966: Jeff Bannister
- 1967: Lynn Baker
- 1968: Joe Hilbe
- 1969: Dave Merkowitz
- 1970: Mike Hill
- 1971–73: Rick Wanamaker
- 1974: Jack Carter
- 1975: Mike Riddle
- 1976: Mike Conti
- 1977: Mike Hill
- 1978: Joe Hilbe
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1968 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification | 1968 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) | |
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Men's track and road athletes | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track and road athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- RaNae Bair
- Estelle Baskerville
- Sharon Callahan
- Olga Connolly
- Barbara Friedrich
- Cathy Hamblin
- Eleanor Montgomery
- Carol Moseke
- Maren Seidler
- Martha Watson
- Willye White
- Pat Winslow
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Coaches |
- Payton Jordan (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- John Oelkers (men's assistant coach)
- Frank Potts (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Alex Ferenczy (women's coach)
- Conrad Ford (women's coach)
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James E. Sullivan Award winners |
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Authority control  | |
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На других языках
- [en] Bill Toomey
[fr] Bill Toomey
William Anthony « Bill » Toomey (né le 10 janvier 1939 à Philadelphie) est un athlète américain, spécialiste du décathlon, ancien détenteur du record du monde.
[it] Bill Toomey
William Anthony "Bill" Toomey (Filadelfia, 10 gennaio 1939) è un ex multiplista statunitense, medaglia d'oro nel decathlon ai Giochi olimpici di Città del Messico 1968.
[ru] Туми, Билл
Билл Туми (англ. William Anthony Toomey; род. 10 января 1939[1], Филадельфия, Пенсильвания) — американский легкоатлет (десятиборье), чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1968 года в Мехико, рекордсмен мира.
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