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American decathlete

Bill Toomey

Bill Toomey in 1968
Personal information
Born (1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 86)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
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)
Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Decathlon Pan American Games Gold medal – first place 1967 Winnipeg Decathlon Universiade Gold medal – first place 1965 Budapest Decathlon

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]

  1. ^ a b "Bill Toomey". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Past Covers 1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
  3. ^ National Masters News. [1] Retrieved Nov 29, 2020

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Records
Preceded byKurt Bendlin Men's decathlon world record holder December 11, 1969 – September 8, 1972 Succeeded byMykola Avilov
Awards and achievements
Preceded byUnited States Bob Beamon Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1969 Succeeded byUnited States Randy Matson