Roger Kingdom

Roger Nona Kingdom (born August 26, 1962) is a former sprint hurdler from the United States. Born in Vienna, Georgia, an athlete of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player. He had a long and distinguished career on the track in the 110 metre high hurdles and won 2 Olympic gold medals although his style of knocking over most of the hurdles during a race gave him his detractors. Roger set a 110m high hurdles World Record of 12.92 seconds in Zurich, Switzerland in 1989 which stood until August 20, 1993 when it was beaten by a mere 1/100th of a second by Colin Jackson of Great Britain in Stuttgart, Germany, a record that still stands today.(as of July 2004) His progress was hampered some in 1991 when he underwent surgery to repair ligament damage and remove bone chips from his knee.

Achievements

(110m hurdles unless stated)

See also

Kingdom, Roger Kingdom, Roger

 

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