- Mike Conley, Sr.
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Medal record Men’s athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1992 Barcelona Triple jump Silver 1984 Los Angeles Triple jump World Championships Gold 1993 Stuttgart Triple jump Silver 1987 Rome Triple jump Bronze 1983 Helsinki Long jump Bronze 1991 Tokyo Triple jump Pan American Games Gold 1987 Indianapolis Triple jump World Indoor Championships Gold 1987 Indianapolis Triple jump Gold 1989 Budapest Triple jump Michael Alex Conley, Sr. (born October 5, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American track and field athlete who competed primarily in the triple jump and the long jump. He is a gold and silver Olympic medalist and world champion in the triple jump.
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Competitive career
Conley competed collegiately at the University of Arkansas where he won 16 NCAA long jump and triple jump titles. Conley still owns the U.S. indoor record in the triple jump at 17.76 meters (58 feet, 3.25 inches).
Conley received the USATF Jim Thorpe award in 1986 and 1992 as the top field events athlete in the US.[1] In 2004, Conley was inducted into the United States National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[2]
A 5'11" basketball player at the point guard position in high school and in college (only during his freshman year[3]), Conley relied on those skills in winning the Foot Locker Celebrity Slam Dunk Contest in 1988, '89 and '92.
Post-competitive career
Conley was President and remains on the Board of Directors of World Sport Chicago,[4] the "living legacy" of Chicago's 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Bid, that focuses on promoting and developing sport programs and events for the youth of Chicago. Chicago had been selected as the US entry into the bid process. Previously, he was the executive director of the High Performance program of USA Track and Field.[5]
Conley is member of the Conley family and the father of Memphis Grizzlies basketball player Mike Conley, Jr. and the older brother of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Steve Conley. Conley has registered with the NBA as an agent and represented his son and his son's Ohio State teammates Greg Oden and Daequan Cook when they entered the league. Oden officially declared for the NBA draft by signing with Mike Conley, Sr., as his agent and was subsequently chosen as the number one player in the 2007 NBA Draft. Conley, Jr., was selected fourth overall. Cook was drafted 21st.[6]
In late December 2007, Conley was accused by KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas of purchasing a Cadillac Escalade for Arkansas junior running back Darren McFadden, which would have jeopardized McFadden's status as an amateur athlete for the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic and a possible senior season. KARK later retracted the report and apologized to Conley.[7]
Rankings
Conley had a particularly long and prolific career and he was considered among the world's best for over a decade. Track and Field News ranked him among the top ten triple jumpers in the world 14 consecutive years (six times as world's best) and seven times in the long jump.[8][9][10][11]
Year TJ world rank TJ US rank LJ world rank LJ US rank 1982 - 5th - 6th 1983 4th 2nd 4th 4th 1984 1st 1st - 5th 1985 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1986 1st 1st 4th 3rd 1987 2nd 1st 7th 4th 1988 5th 1st - 5th 1989 1st 1st 5th 4th 1990 3rd 2nd - - 1991 3rd 2nd - - 1992 1st 1st 8th 6th 1993 1st 1st - 8th 1994 1st 1st - - 1995 9th 1st - - 1996 4th 2nd 8th 6th Conley was also ranked 8th in the US in the 200 meter dash in 1985.[12]
Notes
- ^ USATF - Awards - Jim Thorpe Award
- ^ USATF - Hall of Fame
- ^ A man in motion, by Neil Hayes at suntimes.com, posted June 17, 2007
- ^ http://www.worldsportchicago.org/about/press-releases/ryan-named-chairman.aspx
- ^ InterMat: Wrestling from Every Angle
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/04/20/oden.draft.ap/index.html
- ^ Station retracts report about McFadden, MSNBC.com, accessed December 28, 2007
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjworldbyathlete.pdf
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/ljworldbyathlete.pdf
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/ljusbyathlete.pdf
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/tjusbyathlete.pdf
- ^ http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/200usbyathlete.pdf
Olympic Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1896: James Connolly (USA) • 1900: Myer Prinstein (USA) • 1904: Myer Prinstein (USA) • 1908: Tim Ahearne (GBR) • 1912: Gustaf Lindblom (SWE) • 1920: Vilho Tuulos (FIN) • 1924: Nick Winter (AUS) • 1928: Mikio Oda (JPN) • 1932: Chūhei Nambu (JPN) • 1936: Naoto Tajima (JPN) • 1948: Arne Åhman (SWE) • 1952: Adhemar da Silva (BRA) • 1956: Adhemar da Silva (BRA) • 1960: Józef Szmidt (POL) • 1964: Józef Szmidt (POL) • 1968: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1976: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe (URS) • 1984: Al Joyner (USA) • 1988: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1992: Mike Conley (USA) • 1996: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 2000: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2008: Nelson Évora (POR)
World Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1983: Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL) • 1987: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1991: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1993: Mike Conley (USA) • 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1997: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2001: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2003: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2005: Walter Davis (USA) • 2007: Nelson Évora (POR) • 2009: Phillips Idowu (GBR) • 2011: Christian Taylor (USA)
World Indoor Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1985: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1987 – 1989: Mike Conley (USA) • 1991: Igor Lapshin (URS) • 1993: Pierre Camara (FRA) • 1995: Brian Wellman (BER) • 1997: Yoel García (CUB) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2001: Paolo Camossi (ITA) • 2003 – 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2008: Phillips Idowu (GBR) • 2010: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
Pan American Champions in Men's Triple Jump 1951 – 1959: Adhemar da Silva (BRA) • 1963: Bill Sharpe (USA) • 1967: Charles Craig (USA) • 1971: Pedro Pérez (CUB) • 1975 – 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1983: Jorge Reyna (CUB) • 1987: Mike Conley (USA) • 1991 – 1999: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 2003: Yoandri Betanzos (CUB) • 2007: Jadel Gregório (BRA) • 2011: Alexis Copello (CUB)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's Long Jump 1977: Arnie Robinson (USA) • 1979: Larry Myricks (USA) • 1981: Carl Lewis (USA) • 1985: Mike Conley (USA) • 1989: Larry Myricks (USA) • 1992: Iván Pedroso (CUB) • 1994: Fred Salle (GBR) • 1998: Iván Pedroso (CUB) • 2002: Savanté Stringfellow (USA) • 2006: Irving Saladino (PAN) • 2010: Dwight Phillips (USA)
1977: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1981: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1985: Willie Banks (USA) • 1989: Mike Conley (USA) • 1992: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1994: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1998: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2010: Marian Oprea (ROU)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Triple Jump 1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1971: Pedro Pérez (CUB) • 1972: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS) • 1974: Viktor Saneyev (URS) • 1975 – 1976: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1977: Ron Livers (USA) • 1978 – 1979: João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) • 1980: Jaak Uudmäe (URS) • 1981: Willie Banks (USA) • 1982: Keith Connor (GBR) • 1983: Vasiliy Grishchenkov (URS) • 1984: Oleg Protsenko (URS) • 1985: Willie Banks (USA) • 1986 – 1988: Hristo Markov (BUL) • 1989: Vladimir Inozemtsev (URS) • 1990 – 1991: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1992 – 1994: Mike Conley (USA) • 1995: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1996: Kenny Harrison (USA) • 1997: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) • 1998: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 1999: Charles Friedek (GER) • 2000 – 2002: Jonathan Edwards (GBR) • 2003 – 2004: Christian Olsson (SWE) • 2005: Marian Oprea (ROM) • 2006: Walter Davis (USA) • 2007: Jadel Gregório (BRA) • 2008: Nelson Évora (POR) • 2009: Phillips Idowu (GBR); • 2010: Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
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