Richard Slaney
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Full name | Richard Charles Slaney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Strongman | 16 May 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | San Diego State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Charles Slaney (born 16 May 1956) is a male
At the UK Athletics Championships he won in 1979, ranked second in 1977 to 1978, and was third in 1980. He also came third in the shot put in 1980.[3]
Biography
Slaney was born in
As a discus thrower he qualified for the
At the 1984 Olympics Slaney is remembered for carrying his fiancee Mary Decker from the track after she lay stricken at trackside during the 3,000m final, having tripped over the bare feet of Zola Budd. Decker and Slaney married on 1 January 1985; their daughter Ashley was born on 30 May 1986.[9] He represented England in the discus event, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[10][11]
After he retired in 1986 Slaney became a businessman. He also works on restoring antique airplanes[12] living with his family on a 55-acre (220,000 m2) ranch in Eugene, Oregon, US. They have three Weimaraner dogs.[13]
References
- ^ "Biography at sports-reference.com". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Slaney May Try Marathon". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
- ^ "UK Championships". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "David Horne's World of Grip". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "San Diego State Track Records". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "UK Top Performers 1980-2005: Men (Outdoor)". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "UK All-Time Lists: Men - Throws". Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "The ten sporting love matches". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Reed, Susan (17 October 1994). "Going the Distance". People. Vol. 42, no. 16. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ Gene Cherry (28 July 2009). "Mary Slaney still yearns to run". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 27 May 2010.