King, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, became joint holder of the record in October 20, 1956 in Ontario, California, with a time of 10.1 seconds, equal with Willie Williams and Ira Murchison, and repeated the time a week later in Santa Ana, California. In 1956, times were only recorded to the nearest tenth of a second. Ray Norton also recorded a time of 10.1 seconds in 1959. The first person to run unambiguously faster in competition was Armin Hary in 1960.
He also jointly held the world 100 yard record with a time of 9.3 seconds.
After retiring from athletics, King returned to his job as a schoolteacher, living and in Delano, California where he had been a successful student athlete.
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay
LeamonKing (February 13, 1936 - May 23, 2001) was an American athlete who (jointly) held the world record for the 100 metre sprint for men.
King, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, became joint holder of the record in October 20, 1956 in Ontario, California, with a time of 10.1 seconds, equal with Willie Williams and Ira Murchison, and repeated the time a week later in Santa Ana, California.
King, along with Murchison, Thane Baker, and Bobby Joe Morrow, won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in the 4x100 metre relay.
LeAmon obviously delights in the crossover between notions of feminine desire, and the technical and mathematical considerations of volume; the filling of an insatiable void.
LeAmon is taking her conceptual notions of the power of the bike to literal extremes, inviting Ducati riders from all around the state to congregate along Gertrude Street between 5.30pm and 8pm on the night of the launch.
LeAmon's inner-city studio is littered with carefully drawn renderings of her body suit, strange sculptural balsawood forms, fl and white abstractions on paper, a custom-designed motorcycle helmet, a computer monitor on which rotates an animation for the show.
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