Randy Williams

Randy Luvelle Williams ( born August 23, 1953 in Fresno, California ) is a former American track and field athlete in the long jump. At a height of 1.78 m his competition weight was 69 kg.

Williams stood at two Olympic Games on the podium. In 1972 he took in Munich with 8.24 meters, the gold medal ahead of Hans Baumgartner (West ) and his teammate Arnie Robinson, 1976, in Montreal silver with 8.11 meters behind Arnie Robinson.

In qualifying for the Olympic final in 1972 Randy Williams jumped 8.34 meters. This performance was not only the Jahresweltbestweite from 1972, but is still existing junior world record. This Junior World Record has thus longer stock than the two legendary world records by Jesse Owens in 1935 and Bob Beamon 1968 in the adult class.

1896: Ellery Clark • 1900: Alvin Kraenzlein & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) • 1904: Meyer Prinstein & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) • Between Games 1906: Meyer Prinstein & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) • 1908: Frank Irons & Ray Ewry ( from the state ) • 1912: Albert Gutterson & Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ( from the state ) • 1920: William Petersson • 1924: DeHart Hubbard • 1928: Ed Hamm • 1932: Ed Gordon • 1936: Jesse Owens • 1948: Willie Steele • 1952: Jerome Biffle • 1956: Greg Bell • 1960: Ralph Boston • 1964: Lynn Davies • 1968: Bob Beamon • 1972: Randy Williams • 1976: Arnie Robinson • 1980: Lutz Dombrowski • 1984: Carl Lewis • 1988: Carl Lewis • 1992: Carl Lewis • 1996: Carl Lewis • 2000: Iván Pedroso • 2004: Dwight Phillips • 2008: Irving Saladino • 2012: Greg Rutherford

List of Olympic champion in athletics

  • Americans
  • Olympian (United States)
  • Long jumper (United States)
  • Olympic gold medalist ( Athletics )
  • Born in 1953
  • Man
Athletics (sport) Summer Olympic Games Ellery Harding Clark William Pettersson Ed Gordon (athlete) Greg Bell (athlete)
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