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'''Maurice Malcolm "Mac" Wilkins''' (born November 15, 1950) is an American [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]], who competed mainly in the [[discus throw]]. He was born in [[Eugene, Oregon]] and graduated in 1969 from [[Beaverton High School]] in Beaverton, Oregon. |
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Revision as of 14:47, 26 August 2024
Personal information | |
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Full name | Maurice Malcolm Wilkins |
Nationality | American |
Born | November 15, 1950 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.[1] | (age 73)
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | athletics |
Event(s) | Discus throw, shot put, hammer throw, javelin throw |
Club | Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach Athletics West, Eugene Oregon Ducks, Eugene |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | DT – 70.98 m (1980) SP – 21.06 m (1977) HT – 63.65 m (1977) JT – 78.43 m (1970)[1][2] |
Medal record |
Maurice Malcolm "Mac" Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1969 from Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Oregon.
College
Distance running coach Bill Bowerman recruited Wilkins to the University of Oregon, where he threw the javelin 257' 8" (78.43m) as a 19-year-old freshman. As a senior, he was NCAA champion in the discus and won the first of eight U.S. national championships in the discus. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Olympics
Wilkins competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the discus throw, where he won the gold medal with a distance of 221' 5" to defeat Wolfgang Schmidt of East Germany by four feet. Wilkins qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[3]
Wilkins won a silver medal in the discus throw at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. He placed 5th in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea.
World records
Wilkins broke the world record four times in his career. During his discus throw series on May 1, 1976 in San Jose, California, he set the world record three times with consecutive throws of 69.80 m, 70.24 m, and 70.86 m. In 1976 and 1980, Wilkins was ranked #1 in the world in the discus throw. In 1977, he was the indoor national champion in the shot put, with a throw of 69' 1.5" (21.06 m).[2]
Coaching
From 2006 thru 2013, Wilkins was the throws coach at Concordia University, an NAIA school in Portland, Oregon. His throwers won 26 individual national championships and earned 94 All-American honors. When Al Oerter died on 1 October 2007, Wilkins became the earliest surviving Olympic champion in the men's discus. He is not the oldest; Viktor Rashchupkin—the 1980 champion—is almost a month older. In August 2013, Wilkins left Concordia University to coach for USATF in Chula Vista, California.[4]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mac Wilkins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ a b "Maurice "Mac" Wilkins". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "Olympic Champion & Former World Record Holder". Coach Tube. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- American male discus throwers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Oregon
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Concordia University (Oregon)
- Track and field athletes from California
- Track and field athletes from San Jose, California
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Beaverton High School alumni
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners