At the CIF California State Meet in 1969 he finished third, behind future rival James McAlister, in 1970 he finished second behind future NFL star, Lynn Swann and in 1971, he won the meet in what would have clearly been a meet record, had it not been wind aided.[2]
Williams won the sprints at the 1987 Masters West Region Championship.[3]
Olympics
Williams mainly competed in the long jump, in which he won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal in 1976.[4] His 1972 winning jump of 8.34 m (27–4½) set the world junior record that stood for almost 40 years until it was improved by 1 cm by Sergey Morgunov on June 20, 2012. At the time it was the longest standing record on the books.[5] Williams qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007 he did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[6]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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^Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN978-0942257403.
^"Randy Williams". usatf.org. USA Track & Field, Inc. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
randy, williams, baseball, player, baseball, randy, lavelle, williams, born, august, 1953, american, athlete, williams, 1972personal, informationborn, 1953, august, 1953, fresno, california, height1, weight69, sportsportathleticsevent, sprint, long, jump, trip. For the baseball player see Randy Williams baseball Randy Lavelle Williams born August 23 1953 is an American athlete Randy WilliamsWilliams in 1972Personal informationBorn 1953 08 23 August 23 1953 age 69 Fresno California U S Height1 78 m 5 ft 10 in Weight69 kg 152 lb SportSportAthleticsEvent s Sprint long jump triple jumpClubTobias StridersAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 100 m 10 19 1977 200 m 21 15 1983 LJ 8 34 m 1972 TJ 15 94 m 1971 Medal record Representing the United StatesOlympic Games1972 Munich Long jump1976 Montreal Long jump Contents 1 Education 2 Competition 3 Olympics 4 Hall of Fame 5 ReferencesEducation EditIn high school Williams attended Edison High School in Fresno California He then attended the University of Southern California 1 Competition EditAt the CIF California State Meet in 1969 he finished third behind future rival James McAlister in 1970 he finished second behind future NFL star Lynn Swann and in 1971 he won the meet in what would have clearly been a meet record had it not been wind aided 2 Williams won the sprints at the 1987 Masters West Region Championship 3 Olympics EditWilliams mainly competed in the long jump in which he won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal in 1976 4 His 1972 winning jump of 8 34 m 27 4 set the world junior record that stood for almost 40 years until it was improved by 1 cm by Sergey Morgunov on June 20 2012 At the time it was the longest standing record on the books 5 Williams qualified for the 1980 U S Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott In 2007 he did receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes 6 Hall of Fame EditIn 2009 Williams was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame 7 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Randy Williams USC OLYMPIANS 1904 2004 USC Trojans Athletic Department Accessed August 13 2008 California State Meet Results 1915 to present Hank Lawson Retrieved December 25 2012 National Masters News Sept 1987 page 31 1 Retrieved Jun 7 2022 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Randy Williams Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on April 17 2020 Morgunov leaps 8 35m World junior record in Cheboksary Archived from the original on June 23 2012 Retrieved June 21 2012 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link iaaf org June 21 2012 Caroccioli Tom Caroccioli Jerry Boycott Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games Highland Park IL New Chapter Press pp 243 253 ISBN 978 0942257403 Randy Williams usatf org USA Track amp Field Inc Retrieved May 17 2009 Sporting positionsPreceded by Ron Coleman Men s long jump best year performance1972 Succeeded by James McAlister This article about a track and field Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Randy Williams amp oldid 1092090562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
