Marilyn King
Personal information | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | May 21, 1949
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pentathlon |
Club | Millbrae Lions |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 mH – 13.7 (1976) HJ – 1.78 m (1976) LJ – 6.34 m (1976)[1][2] |
Marilyn Elizabeth King (born May 21, 1949) is an American former pentathlete. In 1971 she won the A
King graduated from the California State University, East Bay. She founded Beyond Sports, an organization that applies imagery to a wide range of individual and social concerns, such as world peace.[1]
King was inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marilyn King Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ a b Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Amy Newmark (2011). Chicken Soup for the Soul: Woman to Woman: Women Sharing Their Stories of Hope, Humor, and Inspiration. Simon and Schuster. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-1-61159-184-2.
- ^ Lin Coughlin; Ellen Wingard; Keith Hollihan (2011). Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 514–. ISBN 978-1-118-04680-7.
- 1949 births
- American pentathletes
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Living people
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
- American track and field athletics biography stubs