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Encyclopedia > Bill Toomey

William Anthony Toomey (born January 10, 1939) was the 1968 Olympic Decathlon Champion (United States). January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...


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Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in the All around, pentathlon, and decathlon
As all-around: Tom Kiely
As pentathlon: Hjalmer Mellander | Jim Thorpe | Eero Lehtonen (twice)
As decathlon: Jim Thorpe | Helge Løvland | Harold Osborn | Paavo Yrjölä | Jim Bausch | Glenn Morris | Bob Mathias (twice) | Milt Campbell | Rafer Johnson | Willi Holdorf | Bill Toomey | Nikolay Avilov | Bruce Jenner | Daley Thompson (twice) | Christian Schenk | Robert Změlík | Dan O'Brien | Erki Nool | Roman Šebrle

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Life Extension Magazine September 1998 (2524 words)
He admits he lost touch with the "original" Bill Toomey, and in the process lost his superb physical conditioning and the one-to-one relationship with health and youth that he thought would be his birthright forever.
Toomey in these early days was far from a great star, but if anything, this early "mediocrity" underscores the Toomey modus-a continuous seeking after ways to improve, to gain the edge, to find a better way.
Old films of Toomey preparing to throw the javelin are particularly revealing of his injury, as, trancelike, he goes through a long series of mental and physical "visualizations" of the movements that are to follow.
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