Jump to content
 







Main menu
    


Navigation  


●Main page
 ●Contents
 ●Current events
 ●Random article
 ●About Wikipedia
 ●Contact us
 ●Donate
  



Contribute  


●Help
 ●Learn to edit
 ●Community portal
 ●Recent changes
 ●Upload file
  







Search  

































●Create account

●Log in
 









●Create account
 ● Log in
  



Pages for logged out editors learn more  


●Contributions
 ●Talk
  


















Contents

   



(Top)
  


1 References  




2 External links  













Bill Toomey






●Čeština
 ●Deutsch
 ●Ελληνικά
 ●Español
 ●فارسی
 ●Français
 ●Italiano
 ●עברית
 ●مصرى
 ●Nederlands
 ●Norsk bokmål
 ●Polski
 ●Português
 ●Русский
 ●Suomi
 ●Svenska
  
Edit links
  








●Article
 ●Talk
  
















●Read
 ●Edit
 ●View history
  







Tools
    


Actions  


●Read
 ●Edit
 ●View history
  



General  


●What links here
 ●Related changes
 ●Upload file
 ●Special pages
 ●Permanent link
 ●Page information
 ●Cite this page
 ●Get shortened URL
 ●Download QR code
 ●Wikidata item
  



Print/export  


●Download as PDF
 ●Printable version
  



In other projects  


●Wikimedia Commons
  















Appearance
    

 





From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

Bill Toomey
Bill Toomey in 1968
Personal information
Born (1939-01-10) January 10, 1939 (age 85)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon
ClubSouthern California Striders
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 – 10.3 (1966)
200 – 21.2 (1966)
400 – 45.6 (1968)
1500 – 4:12.7 (1964)
110H – 14.2 (1969)
400H – 51.7 (1961)
HJ – 6–6¾ (2.00) (1969)
PV – 14–0¼ (4.27) (1969)
LJ – 26–0¼ (7.93) (1969)
SP – 47–2¼ (14.38) (1969)
DT – 154–2 (46.99) (1969)
JT – 225–8 (68.78) (1969)
Dec – 8309 (1969)

Medal record

Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Decathlon
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 Winnipeg Decathlon
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1965 Budapest Decathlon

William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American former track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.[1]

He won 23 of the 38 decathlons he competed in, scoring over 8,000 points a dozen times. He was on the cover of the October 1969 issue of Track and Field News.[2]

Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s. Before that he worked as a television broadcaster and marketing consultant.[1]

Toomey also competed in Masters Track and Field. [3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Bill Toomey". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020.
  • ^ Past Covers 1969 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
  • ^ National Masters News. [1] Retrieved Nov 29, 2020
    • [edit]

    Media related to Bill Toomey at Wikimedia Commons

    Records
    Preceded by

    Kurt Bendlin

    		 Men's decathlon world record holder
    December 11, 1969 – September 8, 1972     		Succeeded by

    Mykola Avilov

    Awards and achievements
    Preceded by

    United States Bob Beamon

    		 Track & Field Athlete of the Year
    1969     		Succeeded by

    United States Randy Matson


    Flag of United StatesBiography icon Stub icon 2

    This article about a track and field Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • t
  • e
    • Stub icon

    This biographical article about an American decathlete is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • t
  • e

    • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Toomey&oldid=1195266193"
    Categories: 
    ●1939 births
     ●Living people
     ●American male decathletes
     ●Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
     ●Colorado Buffaloes men's track and field athletes
     ●Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade
     ●James E. Sullivan Award recipients
     ●Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
     ●Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
     ●Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
     ●Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
     ●Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
     ●Sports coaches from California
     ●Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners
     ●Track and field athletes from Philadelphia
     ●UC Irvine Anteaters track and field coaches
     ●FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
     ●Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
     ●Worcester Academy alumni
     ●World record setters in athletics (track and field)
     ●American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics
     ●American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
     ●American track and field athletics biography stubs
     Hidden categories: 
    ●Webarchive template wayback links
     ●Articles with short description
     ●Short description matches Wikidata
     ●Use mdy dates from July 2015
     ●Commons category link from Wikidata
     ●Articles with IAAF identifiers
     ●All stub articles
      


    ●This page was last edited on 13 January 2024, at 02:57 (UTC).
    ●Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.


    ●Privacy policy
    ●About Wikipedia
    ●Disclaimers
    ●Contact Wikipedia
    ●Code of Conduct
    ●Developers
    ●Statistics
    ●Cookie statement
    ●Mobile view


    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki