James Robinson (runner)

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James Robinson
Personal information
BornAugust 27, 1954
Medal record
Men's
Athletics
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Juan 800 meters

James J. Robinson Jr. (born August 27, 1954, in

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, finishing fifth in his semi-final and not making the final. He was on the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic team that did not get to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1]

His international achievements included a silver medal at the 1979 IAAF World Cup and 1981 IAAF World Cup and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games over the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist and (until that week) world record holder, Alberto Juantorena. He also finished fifth in the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. Domestically he won the American title at 880 yard or 800 meters 7 times including five times in a row between 1978 and 1982.[2] During that same period while Robinson was the best outdoors, he did not win a single Indoor title. The answer to this was that Robinson's strategy didn't work on the short straightaways indoors.

Robinson's notable strategy was to come from behind, with the late rush on the home stretch always thrilling the crowd. When this strategy evaded him, it almost always looked like a mere strategic error, rather than being beaten by the competition. In the 1984

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Robinson ran for the Inner City Track Club after college.

Robinson ran for

4x400 meters relay team (held since 1976, the first year the NCAA ran the metric distance).[6]

Robinson is currently an assistant Track and Cross Country coach at California State University, East Bay.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0942257403
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  2. ^ "USATF - Statistics - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  3. ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf Olympic Trials results
  4. ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2010-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2015-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "2021 Men's Cross Country Roster".

External links

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