Bill Green (hammer thrower)
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William (Bill) Green (born April 28, 1960) is an American former track and field athlete. He is a former United States record holder and finished fifth in the hammer throw in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
Early life
[edit]Green is the son an attorney who also acted in community theater[1][2] Green's mother was a former mayor, city councilwoman and County Supervisor in Truckee, California[3]
Athletic career
[edit]Green became discus thrower in high school and failed to qualify for the California state meet. He was recruited by throwing coach Art Venegas near the beginning of his career and encouraged to try the hammer throw as a college freshman. As a hammer thrower, Green was an NCAA All American and an AAU National Junior Champion title holder in 1979, just five months with the event. He ranked third in the United States at the senior level three years later in 1982.[4]
He placed tenth at the 1980 United States Olympic Trials.[5] In 1983 and 1984 he set three American Collegiate Records, three United States National Records,[6] and, after winning the American Olympic trials, he placed fifth at the 1984 Olympic Games. He is one of only three Americans since 1952 to place in the top five in Olympic competition.[7]
Green was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2001.[8]
International competitions
[edit]National titles
[edit]- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Hammer throw: 1986
- United States Olympic Trials
- Hammer throw: 1984
- USA Outdoor Junior Track and Field Championships
- Hammer throw: 1979
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Attorney William Hipkiss". October 8, 2008.
- ↑ "William Hipkiss Life Story Digital Film". YouTube. March 28, 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.
- ↑ "History of Truckee Town Council". Archived from the original on August 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Sports Reference Olympic Sports". Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "US Olympic Trials History". Track & Field News. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "US Mark Broken in Hammer Throw". The New York Times. July 16, 1984.
- ↑ "History of US Nationals Results: Hammer Throw - Men". Track & Field News. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "Seven inducted into Hall of Fame". CSULB Online 49er. August 9, 2001.
Further reading
[edit]- "Restoration of Respect for American Hammer Throwing in the Olympics" https://hammerthrow.org/training-resources/articles/bill-green/
- Biographical information https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78476
- Bill Green at World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/bill-green-14344662
External links
[edit]- Olympic Games telecast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uucpO_3f2k&t=225s
- Montage of Olympic Games hammer throwers
- Soviet Union documentary on the Hammer Throw-footage from the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Care Free Gum commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njiSz4qJJhw
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Laurel, Maryland
- Sportspeople from Prince George's County, Maryland
- Sportspeople from Sunnyvale, California
- Track and field athletes from Santa Clara County, California
- American men hammer throwers
- Men weight throwers
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Doping cases in the sport of athletics
- American sportspeople in doping cases
- Long Beach State Beach men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Maryland
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Olympic men hammer throwers
