Barry King (decathlete) explained

Barry John King (3 April 1945  - 27 March 2021) was a British Olympic decathlete who was later an author, corporate director, corporate board member and specialist in Olympic marketing and sports development.[1]

Biography

He was founder and chief executive officer of Outdoor-Fitness, LLC.,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] co-founder of Sports Directions Corporation, and served as a director at the United States Olympic Committee for 14 years during the height of their organizational and fundraising successes.[7]

King is co-author of a two-book series, published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, entitled The Olympic Challenge as well as Journey of the Olympic Flame.[8] [9] [10] [11] King assisted in creating an Olympic themed Iowa state school educational curriculum for K-12 students,[12] again, in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. In film, he was the technical director of the Walt Disney motion picture, The World's Greatest Athlete.[13]

Athletics career

He grew up in England and obtained a track and field scholarship from the University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States. His first major international competition came when he represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, where he won the bronze medal in the decathlon.[14] [15]

He then took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich two years later, competing for Great Britain. He ranked fifteenth overall in the Olympic decathlon competition. He returned to the podium at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, this time coming away with the silver medal.[16] [17] [18]

He has held national records and won national championships in the decathlon, discus throw and pentathlon. He is the current British national pentathlon record holder, set on 20 May 1970 in Santa Barbara, California.

Personal life

King was married to Deanna Pinckney-King and has one daughter.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 8 July 2012 . 14 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200414134112/https://www.outdoor-fitness.com/our_company/our_company.htmwww.outdoor-fitness.com/our_company/team_bios.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Adult playgrounds fight obesity - Video on NBCNews.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20120711053953/http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48113544#48113544 . dead . 11 July 2012 . MSNBC .
  3. Web site: Outdoor Fitness Equipment NBC MSNBC Nightly News 7 July 8 2012 Aduly playgrounds outdoor gym obesity . Outdoor-fitness.com . 8 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Our Company at Outdoor Fitness . Outdoor-fitness.com .
  5. Web site: Team Bios . Outdoor-fitness.com .
  6. News: Mom, Dad, This Playground's for You . The New York Times. Hu, Winnnie . 29 June 2012 .
  7. Web site: Atlanta Mounting Olympian Effort at Getting 1996 Games. Los Angeles Times. 25 August 1990.
  8. Web site: Journey of the Olympic Flame: Gayle Bodin Petty, Barry King: Books | chapters.indigo.ca . www.chapters.indigo.ca . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130101221211/http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Journey-Of-The-Olympic-Flame-Gayle-Bodin-Petty-Barry-King/9781580001052-item.html?cookieCheck=1 . 1 January 2013 . dead.
  9. Book: The Olympic Challenge, 1988: Barry King, Bill Toomey: 9780937359358: Amazon.com: Books . 0937359351 . Toomey . Bill . King . Barry . 1988 . HDL Pub. .
  10. Web site: Barry King . Bokfynd.nu .
  11. Web site: 26/20/137 : Alumni Association : Olympic Collection, 1975-1985 . Library.uluc.edu . 24 March 2017.
  12. http://dox.aea1.k12.ia.us/guides/V17419.pdf
  13. Web site: Track & Field News • View topic - Decathletes in the movies . www.trackandfieldnews.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045006/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10202&start=35 . 2 March 2014 . dead.
  14. Web site: 1970 Athletes. Team England.
  15. Web site: Edinburgh, 1970 Team. Team England.
  16. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  17. Web site: Sports 123: Athletics: Men: Commonwealth Games: Decathlon . sports123.com . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030902003716/http://sports123.com/ath/mco-dec.html . 2 September 2003 . dead.
  18. Web site: Documents > Pdf > Flame07_Color.Pdf | World Olympians Association . Woaolympians.com . 24 March 2017.

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