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Randy Lavelle Williams (born August 23, 1953) is an American athlete.

Randy Williams

Williams in 1972
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-23) August 23, 1953 (age 68) Fresno, California, U.S.
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint, long jump, triple jump
Club	Tobias Striders
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 10.19 (1977) 200 m – 21.15 (1983) LJ – 8.34 m (1972) TJ – 15.94 m (1971)
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich Long jump 1976 Montreal Long jump

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ron Coleman	Men's long jump best year performance 1972	Succeeded by James McAlister

На других языках

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- [en] Randy Williams

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[fr] Randy Williams

Randel « Randy » Luvelle Williams (né le 23 août 1953 à Fresno) est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut en longueur.

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[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.

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[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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