John Godina
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Born | May 31, 1972 Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S. | (age 52)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus. Godina was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
High school years
While attending Cheyenne Central High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Godina was a letterman in football and outdoor track and field. He was an All-State honoree, and an All-American in both sports.
College years and Olympic Games
At college level, competing for UCLA, he won three outdoor NCAA championship victories, two in discus and one in shot put. His 1995 NCAA Outdoor shot put title was a national record, at the time with a throw of 22.00 meters (72'2.25"). In 1995, he won his first World Championship title in shot put, adding additional titles in 1997, and 2001. In the same discipline, he finished second in the 1996 Olympics and third in the 2000 Olympics. He also qualified to those same Olympics in the Discus, the first American to qualify in both since Bud Houser in 1924[1] and he finished 8th in the 2004 Olympics in the Shot Put.[2] He retired in 2009 after suffering through injuries at the 2008 Olympic Trials.[1]
Godina is one of the most decorated shot putters in U.S. athletics history. His legacy compares well with Parry O'Brien, who won two Olympic gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960), placed fourth in the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, and broke the world record 17 times.
Godina was named to the Mt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame in 2010. His coach Art Venegas was named to the Hall in 2011.[3] He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
World Throws Center
John has a throwing academy in five different locations, two in California (Sacramento and San Ramon). The other three are located in Arizona (Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale).[4]
Godina trains top international athletes like Vikas Gowda, Suzy Powell and Dan Taylor.[5]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 20th (q) | Discus | 40.88 m |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 2nd | Shot put | 20.79 m |
1997 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka, Japan | 3rd | Discus | 65.56 m |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 1st | Shot put | 21.87 m |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 9th | Shot put | 20.19 m |
References
- ^ a b http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=3938217
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.mtsacrelays.com/fame.html
- ^ "World Throws Center Locations". World Throws Center.
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Archive-Bios/Dan-Taylor.aspx
- "John Godina". USA Track & Field.
External links
- John Godina's U.S. Olympic Team bio
- "Welcome to The John Godina World Throws Center". World Throws Center. 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American male discus throwers
- American male shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- People from Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Sportspeople from Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Track and field athletes from Wyoming
- Sportspeople from Mesa, Arizona
- UCLA Bruins men's track and field athletes
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games
- Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games