Roger Kingdom
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Template:MedalTop Template:MedalSport Template:MedalGold Template:MedalGold Template:MedalBottom Image:RogerKingdommagazinecover.jpg Roger Nona Kingdom (born August 26, 1962) is a former sprint hurdler from the United States.
Born in Vienna, Georgia, an athlete of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player. He attended the University of Pittsburgh originally on a football scholarship but excelled on the track team. He still makes his home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
He had a long and distinguished career on the track in the 110 metre high hurdles and won 2 Olympic gold medals although his style of knocking over most of the hurdles during a race gave him his detractors.
Roger set a 110m high hurdles World Record of 12.92 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland in 1989 which stood until August 20, 1993 when it was beaten by a mere 1/100th of a second by Colin Jackson of Great Britain in Stuttgart, Germany, a record that still stands today.
His progress was hampered some in 1991 when he underwent surgery to repair ligament damage and remove bone chips from his knee.
Achievements
(110m hurdles unless stated)
- 1983
- 1984
- 1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, USA
- gold medal 13.20 sec.
- 1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles, USA
- 1988
- 1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea
- gold medal 12.98 sec.
- 1988 Summer Olympics - Seoul, South Korea
- 1989
- 1989 IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain
- gold medal 12.97 sec.
- 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary
- 60m hurdles gold medal 7.43 sec.
- 1989 IAAF World Cup - Barcelona, Spain
- 1990
- 1990 Goodwill Games - Seattle, USA
- gold medal 13.47 sec.
- 1990 Goodwill Games - Seattle, USA
- 1995
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden
- bronze medal 13.19 sec.
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden
See also
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 110 m hurdles |
| Thomas Curtis | Alvin Kraenzlein | Frederick Schule | Robert Leavitt | Forrest Smithson | Frederick Kelly | Earl Thomson | Daniel Kinsey | Sydney Atkinson | George Saling | Forrest Towns | William Porter | Harrison Dillard | Lee Calhoun (twice) | Hayes Jones | Willie Davenport | Rod Milburn | Guy Drut | Thomas Munkelt | Roger Kingdom (twice) | Mark McKoy | Allen Johnson | Anier García | Liu Xiang |