Bill Toomey

Bill Toomey (actually William Anthony Toomey, born January 10, 1939 in Philadelphia ) is a former American track and field athlete and Olympic champion in the decathlon.

He began his career in the pentathlon and was in that discipline four times national champion (1960, 1961, 1963, 1964). In 1964 he missed in the decathlon at the U.S. elimination fights in fourth just to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Also in the decathlon, he won at the Universiade 1965, and at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg and won five U.S. titles in a row ( 1965-1969 ).

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he won ahead of the two Germans, Hans -Joachim Walde and Kurt bendlin. His achieved on this occasion time in the 400 m race of 45.6 s is still regarded as the unofficial world record for decathlon. At the end of his career he made on December 11, 1969 in Santa Barbara with 8417 points, a world record in the decathlon on.

After his athletic career, he was a businessman and became involved in various positions for the Olympic movement. In 1969 he married the British long jumper Mary Rand; They were divorced in 1992.

Website

Entry in the Hall of Fame of USA Track & Field
Web archive on 10 June 2008 of the incorporated website: Website of Bill Toomey
Bill Toomey on Sports Reference.com (English)

List of Olympic champion in athletics

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Born in 1939

1967 Pan American Games Hans-Joachim Walde Santa Barbara, California

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