Bill Toomey

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1968 Mexico City	Decathlon
Pan American Games
Gold	1967 Winnipeg	Decathlon
Universiade
Gold	1965 Budapest	Decathlon

Bill Toomey (William Anthony Toomey; born January 10, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American track and field competitor and the 1968 Olympic decathlon champion.

A graduate of Worcester Academy and the University of Colorado, Toomey was named ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year in 1968. He received the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1969.

Toomey married Olympic gold-medal winning British athlete Mary Rand in 1969 and they had two daughters, Samantha and Sarah. They divorced after 22 years of marriage.

Toomey was head coach in track and field at the University of California at Irvine in the early 1970s.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• http://vm.mtsac.edu/relays/HallFame/Toomey.html
• http://www.bill-toomey.com/

References

• sports-reference

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 Bob Beamon	Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1969	Succeeded by Randy Matson