Rayfield Dupree
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | April 2, 1953 Los Angeles, United States |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple jump |
Rayfield Dupree (born April 2, 1953) is an American former track and field athlete, who competed in the men's triple jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Competition
[edit | edit source]| Competition | Year | Rank | Mark | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCAA Outdoor | 1973 | 4 | 15.93 | [2] |
| U.S. Outdoor | 1975 | 4 | 16.43 | [3] |
| U.S. Outdoor | 1976 | 4 | 16.60 | [3] |
| U.S. Olympic trials | 1976 | 3 | 17.01 w | [4] |
| Olympic Games | 1976 | 12 | 16.23 (16.50 Q) | [1][5] |
| Ohio Valley Conference Indoor | 1977 | 1 | 15.79 i | [6] |
| U.S. Outdoor | 1977 | 6 | 16.55 | [3] |
| U.S. Outdoor | 1977 | 6 | 16.55 | [3] |
| U.S. Outdoor | 1978 | 2 | 16.46 w | [3] |
Dupree was a junior at California State University, Long Beach when he came fourth in the 1973 NCAA Championships.[2] He represented the U.S. Army in the 1976 Olympic trials.[4][5] The following season he was at Middle Tennessee State University and became Ohio Valley Conference indoor champion.[7] He qualified for the 1980 Olympic trials but withdrew.[8]
In June 1981 Dupree was working as a mail carrier in Los Angeles when an irate customer attacked him with lye.[9] He was hospitalised for three weeks and off work for three months.[9] He recovered to compete in the 1982 U.S. Outdoor Championships, driving from Los Angeles to Knoxville, Tennessee.[9]
Post competition
[edit | edit source]In 1993 Dupree founded the Team World Track club near his home in Moreno Valley, California.[7] In 2005 he pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct in connection with two 13-year-old girls he was coaching there.[7]
Family
[edit | edit source]In 1982 Dupree was married with three children.[9] His daughter Gaylian is the mother of football player De'Anthony Thomas, for whom Rayfield was a childhood sprint coach.[10]
Sources
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References
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External links
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- American men triple jumpers
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Track and field athletes from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American mail carriers
- Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's track and field athletes
- American military sports players
- Long Beach State Beach men's track and field athletes
- American people convicted of child sexual abuse
- Sportspeople from Moreno Valley, California
- American sportspeople convicted of crimes
- American track and field athletics biography stubs