Lee Balkin
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| Full name | Lee Balkin | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lee Balkin (born June 7, 1961) is a retired
Durham.[1]
Balkin holds the school record in the high jump at
National High School Record holder. At the 1979 CIF California State Meet, Balkin jumped 7' 3½" which is still the state meet record.[2]
Balkin later attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he again surpassed Stones and is the number two high jumper on the school's top ten list.[3]
Even while still jumping competitively, Balkin started coaching jumpers as an assistant coach at Glendale Community College.[4] He remains there as both coach and teacher.[5]
References
- ^ World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Hank Lawson. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ "m-alltime-top10" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Glendale Community College : Physical Education / Health Division Faculty & Staff : BALKIN, LEE E". Archived from the original on 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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