Name Surname

Name Surname in 1970s
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1945-10-27)October 27, 1945 Los Angeles, United States
Died	12 December 2010(2010-12-12) (aged 65) Portland, United States
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw, shot put
Club	Nike
Retired	1982
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Discus throw: 65.10 m (1976) Shot put: 20.10 m (1977)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   United States International athletics competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 9 1 0 World Championships 8 1 1 Pan American Games 2 0 1 Goodwill Games 3 1 1 Total 22 3 3 Event 1st 2nd 3rd 100 m 5 1 1 200 m 1 1 1 4 × 100 m relay 8 0 0 Long jump 8 1 1 Universiade 1970 Turin Discus throw World Championships 1983 Prague Discus throw 1987 Split Discus throw

Name Surname (27 October 1945 – 12 December 2010) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the shot put and discus throw.

This section includes a synthetic biography of the subject, which also includes extra-athletic events of his life, from birth to death.

World records

Personal bests

Shot put progression

Discus throw progression

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   United States
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro	10th	Shot put	17.31 m
			6th	Discus throw	54.36 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	9th	Shot put	18.78 m NR
			3rd	Discus throw	63.30 m NR
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	9th	Shot put	17.94 m
			3rd	Discus throw	61.70 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	41st (q)	Discus throw	56.20 m

National titles

• USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Discus throw: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (7)
  • Shot put: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (4)

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
  • Shot put: 2011

• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
  • Shot put: 2007

Circuit wins

• IAAF Diamond League
  • Athletissima shot put: 2010, 2013, 2014
  • Golden Gala discus throw: 2009, 2010
  • Herculis shot put: 2008

• ISTAF Berlin shot put: 2010

• Men's discus world record progression

• WikiProject Athletics/Manual of Style/Biographies at World Athletics
• Name Surname at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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