Rayfield Dupree Explained

Rayfield Dupree
Nationality:American
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Birth Date:2 April 1953
Birth Place:Los Angeles, United States

Rayfield Dupree (born April 2, 1953) is an American former track and field athlete, who competed in the men's triple jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

Competition

Rayfield Dupree triple jump results
Competition Year Rank Ref
1973 4 15.93 [2]
1975 4 16.43 [3]
1976 4 16.60
1976 3 17.01 w [4]
1976 12 16.23 (16.50 Q)
Ohio Valley Conference Indoor 1977 1 15.79 i [5]
1977 6 16.55
1977 6 16.55
1978 2 16.46 w

Dupree was a junior at California State University, Long Beach when he came fourth in the 1973 NCAA Championships.[2] He represented the U.S. Army in the 1976 Olympic trials.[4] [6] The following season he was at Middle Tennessee State University and became Ohio Valley Conference indoor champion.[7] He qualified for the 1980 Olympic trials but withdrew.[8]

In June 1981 Dupree was working as a mail carrier in Los Angeles when an irate customer attacked him with lye. He was hospitalised for three weeks and off work for three months. He recovered to compete in the 1982 U.S. Outdoor Championships, driving from Los Angeles to Knoxville, Tennessee.[9]

Post competition

In 1993 Dupree founded the Team World Track club near his home in Moreno Valley, California.[7] In 2005 he pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct in connection with two 13-year-old girls he was coaching there.[7]

Family

In 1982 Dupree was married with three children.[9] His daughter Gaylian is the mother of football player De'Anthony Thomas, for whom Rayfield was a childhood sprint coach.

Notes and References

  1. Rayfield Dupree Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/rayfield-dupree-1.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . December 24, 2017.
  2. Web site: 1973 NCAA MEN . Track & Field News . 11 February 2024 . 8 . April 2020.
  3. Web site: History of US Nationals Results: Triple Jump - Men . Track & Field News . 11 February 2024.
  4. Hymans 2008 p. 172
  5. Web site: Middle Tennessee State University . 2009 Track and Field Media Guide . Issuu . July 30, 2013 . 11 February 2024 . 35.
  6. Book: Slear . Tom . Achieving Excellence: The Military's Olympic Story . 1993 . Armed Forces Sports Committee . 51 . en.
  7. News: Track coach Dupree pleads guilty of molestation . 11 February 2024 . ESPN.com . Associated Press . 8 February 2005 . en.
  8. Hymans 2008 p. 217
  9. News: Katz . Mike . Mifflin . Lawrie . Express Mailman . The New York Times . 18 June 1982 . A20.