Ron Whitney

Personal information
Born	(1942-10-05)October 5, 1942 (age 83) Modesto, California, United States
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m, 400 m hurdles
Club	Southern California Striders, Anaheim
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	400 m – 46.6 (1967) 880 yd – 1:48.6 (1963) 400 mH – 49.06 (1968)
Medal record Representingthe United States Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 400 m hurdles Summer Universiade 1967 Tokyo 400 m hurdles 1965 Budapest 400 m hurdles

Ronald Howard Whitney (born October 5, 1942) is an American retiredhurdler and sprinter. Known for his fast finish, he was sixth in the 400 m hurdles at the1968 Summer Olympics.^[1] He had entered the race as one of the favorites,^[2] having been ranked #1 in the world in 1967^[3] and winning theUSA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the event for the second time earlier that year.^[4] At the Olympics, his first heat victory established a new Olympic record, only to be surpassed byDavid Hemery two days later.^[5]

Previously he had been thePan American Games champion in the same event.^[6] While working on his master's degree atColorado State University, he was the 1967 Gold Medalist at theWorld University Games. He also had won bronze two years earlier^[5] and while competing forOccidental College, where he was coached byJim Bush, was runner up at theNCAA Championships in 1963.

AtThomas Downey High School inModesto, California,^[7] Whitney was the champion at the 1960Golden West Invitational, the equivalent of a national champion, at 800 m,^[8] a week after finishing fourth in theCIF California State Meet in the same event.^[9]

Whitney continued to compete into masters age groups as a pioneer ofmasters athletics.^[10]

Whitney continues to be involved in the sport as head track and field coach atSanta Rosa Junior College.^[11] He is a member of theMt. SAC Relays Hall of Fame and the Occidental College Hall of Fame.^[12]

• 1942 births
• Living people
• American men hurdlers
• World record setters in the sport of athletics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
• Occidental College alumni
• Track and field athletes from Modesto, California
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• American masters athletes
• Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
• FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
• 20th-century American sportsmen

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