Bill Green (athlete)

For other people of the same name, see Bill Green.

Bill Green (born William Hipkiss April 28, 1960 in Laurel, Maryland) is a retired American athlete who finished fifth in Track and Field in the hammer throw in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

He grew up in California, graduating from Fremont High School in the San Francisco Bay Area community of Sunnyvale in 1978, and California State University, Long Beach in 1984 with a bachelors degree in Political Science. He is married to Julie Green and has two children, William Jr ("Jack") and Victoria ("Tori"). The family currently resides permanently in Napa, California and part time in the Lake Tahoe community of Fallen Leaf Lake. Professionally, he has been a medical malpractice insurance executive since 1986.

He was inducted into the Long Beach State Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2001.

Accomplishments:

1979 United States Junior National Champion, NCAA All American (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983), Cal State, Long Beach School Record Holder since 1981, United States National Track and Field Team (1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987), Three NCAA American Collegiate Records in 1983, Three United States National Records in 1984, 1984 United States Olympic Trials Champion, 1984 Olympic Trials Record, 1984 Olympic Games, 5th Place, 1986 United States National Champion

See also

• Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's hammer throw

External links

• Olympic Games video clip:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyZnIyg6J_g&feature=player_embedded

• Additional Olympic Games telecast (scroll down to "1984 Olympic Games, Bill Green"):
• http://macthrowvideo.com/featured_jgorski.htm

• Montage of Olympic Games hammer throwers:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whA6-cjHHZg&NR=1

• Autobiographical article:
• http://hammerthrow.org/training-resources/articles/bill-green/