Randy Williams
| File:Randy Williams 1972.jpg Williams in 1972 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 23, 1953 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) |
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Randy Lavelle Williams (born August 23, 1953) is an American former track and field athlete.
Education
[edit | edit source]In high school, Williams attended Edison High School in Fresno, California. He then attended the University of Southern California.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]At the CIF California State Meet in 1969, Williams 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
[edit | edit source]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 8.24 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. He did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created specifically for the athletes.[6]
Hall of Fame
[edit | edit source]In 2009, Williams was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[7]
References
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- ^ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2004 Archived September 16, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
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- ^ National Masters News, Sept 1987, page 31. [1] Retrieved Jun 7, 2022
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- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1953 births
- American men long jumpers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- University of Southern California alumni
- Living people
- Track and field athletes from Fresno, California
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- American masters athletes
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- USC Trojans men's track and field athletes
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs