Chris Huffins
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Full name | Christopher Allen Huffins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (189 cm)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Huffins (born 15 April 1970) is an athlete from the
Athletic career
Chris Huffins first became interested in
As a decathlete, Huffins acquired a reputation as a fast starter but a slow finisher, prone to surging ahead on the first day of the competition, but fading on the second day. Huffins denied this accusation, saying that it was an accident of ordering because his two weakest events (javelin, 1500m run) happened to be the final two events of the decathlon.[3]
Achievements
- 1992 Olympic Trials- decathlon - 16th
- 1993 NCAA - decathlon - 1st
- 1993 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - decathlon - 9th
- 1993 Pacific-10 Conference, decathlon - 1st
- 1993 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 9th U.S.
- 1995 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - decathlon - 2nd
- 1995 Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden- decathlon - 8th
- 1995 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 8th World, 2nd U.S.
- 1996 Olympic Trials- decathlon - 3rd
- 1996 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. - decathlon - 10th
- 1996 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 10th World, 3rd U.S.
- 1997 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - decathlon - 2nd
- 1997 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 7th World, 2nd U.S.
- 1998 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - decathlon - 1st
- 1998 Deca Jam, - decathlon - 1st
- 1998 Goodwill Games, - decathlon - 2nd
- 1998 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 5th World, 2nd U.S.
- 1998 Recipient of the John H. Bennett Award presented by USA Track & Field
- 1999 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships - decathlon - 1st
- 1999 Pan Am Games- decathlon - 1st
- 1999 World Championships - decathlon - 3rd
- 1999 Recipient of the John H. Bennett Award presented by USA Track & Field
- 2000 Olympic Trials- decathlon - 2nd
- 2000 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia - decathlon - 3rd
- 2000 Ranked by Track and Field Newsdecathlon - 4th World, 1st U.S.
- 2000 Inducted into the Indiana State Track & Field Hall of Fame
- 2000 Recipient of the USA Track and Field
Huffins holds the heptathlon world best in the 60 m dash with a time of 6.61 seconds.
2000 Sydney Olympics
Leading into the Sydney Games, Huffins established himself as one of the best decathletes in the world. In 1998, he finished second in the Goodwill Games, and in 1999, Huffins won the Pan American Games and finished third at the 1999 World Championships in the decathlon. At the 2000 USA Olympic trials, Huffins finished second behind Tom Pappas and ahead of Kip Janvrin, his future teammates at Sydney.
At the Sydney Olympics, Huffins performed consistently, and after the first nine events, including the javelin, he led eventual winner Erki Nool by 14 points. In the concluding 1500m event, Huffins ran a hard race, beating his previous best time by almost 13 seconds. It was enough to capture the bronze medal. Huffins score was a season's best of 8595 points and only 46 points short of gold medalist Erki Nool.
On the topic of not winning the gold medal, Huffins later said there were as many bronze medals as gold medals, so he didn't feel any less honored for finishing third.[3]
Coaching career
After spending some time as an assistant coach for
On May 29, 2007, Huffins announced his resignation from his position as director of track and field at the University of California.
After brief stints at Boise State University, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Oklahoma & Clemson, he is currently (2014-2015) going into his second year coaching the Purdue Boilermakers.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Chris Huffins". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Chris Huffins". usatf.org. USA Track & Field. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Bud Greenspan (Producer/director) (2001). Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold from Down Under (Television production).