Bill Toomey
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Born | (1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Southern California Striders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.[1]
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
External links
Media related to Bill Toomey at Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Toomey. mtsac.edu
- Bill Toomey at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Bill Toomey at the Team USA Hall of Fame (archive July 20, 2023)
- Bill Toomey at Olympics.com
- Bill Toomey at Olympedia
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Preceded by | Men's decathlon world record holder December 11, 1969 – September 8, 1972 | Succeeded by |
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Preceded by | Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1969 | Succeeded by |
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Jim Thorpe (USA)
- 1920:
Eero Lehtonen (FIN)
- 1924:
Eero Lehtonen (FIN)
- 1912:
Jim Thorpe (USA)
- 1920:
Helge Løvland (NOR)
- 1924:
Harold Osborn (USA)
- 1928:
Paavo Yrjölä (FIN)
- 1932:
Jim Bausch (USA)
- 1936:
Glenn Morris (USA)
- 1948:
Bob Mathias (USA)
- 1952:
Bob Mathias (USA)
- 1956:
Milt Campbell (USA)
- 1960:
Rafer Johnson (USA)
- 1964:
Willi Holdorf (EUA)
- 1968:
Bill Toomey (USA)
- 1972:
Mykola Avilov (URS)
- 1976:
Bruce Jenner (USA)
- 1980:
Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1984:
Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1988:
Christian Schenk (GDR)
- 1992:
Robert Změlík (TCH)
- 1996:
Dan O'Brien (USA)
- 2000:
Erki Nool (EST)
- 2004:
Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 2008:
Bryan Clay (USA)
- 2012:
Ashton Eaton (USA)
- 2016:
Ashton Eaton (USA)
- 2020:
Damian Warner (CAN)
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