- Cliff Wiley
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Cliff Wiley (born May 21, 1955) is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. Wiley set his personal best (44.70) in the 400 metres on 21 June 1981 in Sacramento.
He was the world record holder in the 4x100-meter relay (Bill Collins-Steve Riddick-Cliff Wiley-Steve Williams), coming from the team's winning run of 38.03 secondsat the 1977 IAAF World Cup.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing the 
United States1979 Pan American Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 4x100 metres 1981 World Student Games Bucharest, Romania 1st 400 meters IAAF World Cup Rome, Italy 1st 400 meters 1983 Pan American Games Caracas, Venezuela 1st 400 metres References
Pan American Champions in Men's 400 m 1951: Mal Whitfield (USA) • 1955: Lou Jones (USA) • 1959: George Kerr (JAM) • 1963: James Johnson (USA) • 1967: Lee Evans (USA) • 1971: John Smith (USA) • 1975: Ronny Ray (USA) • 1979: Tony Darden (USA) • 1983: Cliff Wiley (USA) • 1987: Raymond Pierre (USA) • 1991: Roberto Hernández (CUB) • 1995: Norberto Téllez (CUB) • 1999: Greg Haughton (JAM) • 2003: Mitch Potter (USA) • 2007: Chris Brown (BAH) • 2011: Nery Brenes (CRC)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 400 m 1959: Viktor Snajder (YUG) • 1961: Josef Trousil (TCH) • 1963: Adrian Metcalfe (GBR) • 1965: Sergio Bello (ITA) • 1967: Ingo Roper (FRG) • 1970: Tom Ulan (USA) • 1973: Alberto Juantorena (CUB) • 1975: Jerzy Pietrzyk (POL) • 1977: Alfons Brijdenbach (BEL) • 1979: Harald Schmid (FRG) • 1981: Cliff Wiley (USA) • 1983: Sunday Uti (NGR) • 1985: Innocent Egbunike (NGR) • 1987: Michael Franks (USA) • 1989: Roberto Hernández (CUB) • 1991: Patrick O'Connor (JAM) • 1993: Ibrahim Hassan (GHA) • 1995: Eswort Coombs (ISV) • 1997: Clement Chukwu (NGR) • 1999: Jerome Davis (USA) • 2001: Andrew Pierce (USA) • 2003: Andriy Tverdostup (UKR) • 2005: Marvin Essor (JAM) • 2007: Sean Wroe (AUS) • 2009: Yuzo Kanemaru (JPN) • 2011: Marcell Deák-Nagy (HUN)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 400 m 1977: Alberto Juantorena (CUB) • 1979: Hassan El Kachief (SUD) • 1981: Cliff Wiley (USA) • 1985: Michael Franks (USA) • 1989: Roberto Hernández (CUB) • 1992: Sunday Bada (NGR) • 1994: Antonio Pettigrew (USA) • 1998: Iwan Thomas (GBR) • 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) • 2006: LaShawn Merritt (USA) • 2010: Jeremy Wariner (USA)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's 4 x 100 m relay 1977: United States (Collins, Riddick, Wiley, Williams) • 1979: Americas (Lara, dos Santos, Leonard, de Araújo) • 1981: Europe (Zwoliński, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) • 1985: United States (Glance, Baptiste, Smith, Evans) • 1989: United States (Cason, Dees, Council, Watkins) • 1992: United States (Bridgwater, Braunskill, Smith, Williams) • 1994: Great Britain (Braithwaite, Jarrett, Regis, Christie) • 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Devonish, Golding, Chambers) • 2002: United States (Drummond, Smoots, Conwright, Miller) • 2006: United States (Conwright, Spearmon, Gay, Smoots) • 2010: Americas (Bailey, Spearmon, Gay, Martina)
1977: West Germany (Krieg, Hofmeister, Schmid, Herrmann) • 1979: United States (Frazier, Green, Smith, Darden) • 1981: United States (McCoy, Wiley, Smith, Darden) • 1985: United States (McCoy, Phillips, Armstead, Franks) • 1989: Americas (Martínez, Menezes, Burnett, Hernández) • 1992: Africa (Lahlou, Matete, Kemboi, Bada) • 1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Ladejo, Baulch, Black) • 1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Baldock, Thomas) • 2002: Americas (Sánchez, Francique, McDonald, Blackwood) • 2006: United States (Ashley, Brew, Merritt, Williamson) • 2010: Americas (Brenes, Jackson, Nixon, Chambers)
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- American sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- American sprinter stubs
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