sport.wikisort.org - AthleteRandy Lavelle Williams (born August 23, 1953) is an American athlete.
American athletics competitor, long jumper
Randy Williams
 Williams in 1972 |
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Born | (1953-08-23) August 23, 1953 (age 68) Fresno, California, U.S. |
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Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
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Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Sprint, long jump, triple jump |
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Club | Tobias Striders |
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.19 (1977) 200 m – 21.15 (1983) LJ – 8.34 m (1972) TJ – 15.94 m (1971) |
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Education
In high school, Williams attended Edison High School in Fresno, California. He then attended the University of Southern California.[1]
Competition
At the CIF California State Meet in 1969 he finished third, behind future rival James McAlister, in 1970 he finished second behind future NFL star, Lynn Swann and in 1971, he won the meet in what would have clearly been a meet record, had it not been wind aided.[2]
Williams won the sprints at the 1987 Masters West Region Championship.[3]
Olympics
Williams mainly competed in the long jump, in which he won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal in 1976.[4] His 1972 winning jump of 8.34 m (27–4½) set the world junior record that stood for almost 40 years until it was improved by 1 cm by Sergey Morgunov on June 20, 2012. At the time it was the longest standing record on the books.[5] Williams qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007 he did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[6]
Hall of Fame
In 2009, Williams was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[7]
References
- USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- "California State Meet Results – 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- National Masters News, Sept 1987, page 31. Retrieved Jun 7, 2022
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Randy Williams". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- "Morgunov leaps 8.35m World junior record* in Cheboksary". Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). iaaf.org. June 21, 2012 - Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- "Randy Williams". usatf.org. USA Track & Field, Inc. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
Sporting positions |
Preceded by Ron Coleman |
Men's long jump best year performance 1972 |
Succeeded by James McAlister |
 Olympic champions in men's long jump |
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US National Championship winners in men's long jump |
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1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1876: Isaiah Frazier
- 1877: William Livingston
- 1878: William Willmer
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1879–1888 NAAAA |
- 1879: Frank Kilpatrick
- 1880–81: John Voorhees
- 1882: John Jenkins
- 1883–86: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Alexander Jordan
- 1888Note 1: Victor Schifferstein
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1888–1979 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 |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, 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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1972 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1972 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 athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Kim Attlesey
- Roberta Brown
- Sherry Calvert
- Olga Connolly
- Gale Fitzgerald
- Jane Frederick
- Cindy Gilbert
- Sandi Goldsberry
- Kate Schmidt
- Maren Seidler
- Jan Svendsen
- Martha Watson
- Deanne Wilson
- Willye White
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Coaches |
- Bill Bowerman (men's head coach)
- Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach)
- Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Wright (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach)
- Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)
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1976 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Qualification |
- 1976 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 athletes | |
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Women's field athletes |
- Sherry Calvert
- Gale Fitzgerald
- Jane Frederick
- Paula Girven
- Joni Huntley
- Marilyn King
- Kathy McMillan
- Kate Schmidt
- Maren Seidler
- Karin Smith
- Pam Spencer
- Sherron Walker
- Martha Watson
- Lynne Winbigler
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Coaches |
- LeRoy Walker (men's head coach)
- Sam Bell (men's assistant coach)
- Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach)
- Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach)
- Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach)
- Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach)
- Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach)
- C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach)
- Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)
- Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)
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Authority control  | |
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На других языках
- [en] Randy Williams
[fr] Randy Williams
Randel « Randy » Luvelle Williams (né le 23 août 1953 à Fresno) est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut en longueur.
[it] Randy Williams
Randel Lavelle Williams, detto Randy (Fresno, 23 agosto 1953), è un ex lunghista statunitense, vincitore della medaglia d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Monaco di Baviera 1972.
[ru] Уильямс, Рэнди
Рэнди Уильямс (англ. Randy Lavelle Williams; род. 23 августа 1953[1], Фресно, Калифорния) — американский легкоатлет (прыжок в длину), чемпион и призёр летних Олимпийских игр, участник двух Олимпиад.
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