Ray Kimble
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| Born | April 19, 1953 Alameda County, California, United States |
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| Sport | Track and field |
Ray Kimble (born April 19, 1953) is an American track and field athlete and former collegiate football player for Washington State University. His primary event is the triple jump. He is the current M40 world record holder.[1] His M45 best is 47 cm superior to the listed world record, but has never been ratified.[2]
Kimble grew up in California and he went to high school in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a starting wide receiver and occasional defensive back at Washington State, graduating in 1976. There he used jumping on the track team as an excuse to avoid spring training with the football team. He retired from jumping after college and took a job teaching physical education at Barnard White Middle School in Union City, California. He returned to jumping in 1980.[3]
More frustration, his personal best was a wind aided 17.65 m (57 ft 10+3⁄4 in), which if it had been legal would still rank #33 on the world all time list. At the time it would have been in the all time top ten. His legal personal best was 17.36 m (56 ft 11+1⁄4 in), +1.3 at the Modesto Relays and is #17 on the US all time list as of the end of 2017.[4]
