Emmit King
Emmit King ( born March 24, 1959 in Bessemer ) is a former American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 100 -meter run.
The highlight of his career he reached at the World Athletics Championships 1983 in Helsinki. In the 4 x 100 - meter relay team, he won jointly with Willie Gault, Calvin Smith and Carl Lewis for the title. Here, the American quartet set a new world record with her winning time of 37.86 s. In addition, King won in a time of 10.24 s the bronze medal in the 100 - meter race behind his team- mate Lewis and Smith.
King was twice nominated as a member of the U.S. relay for the Olympic Games (1984 and 1988), but did not play. He attended the University of Alabama.