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He has held national records and won national championships in the decathlon, [[discus throw]] and [[pentathlon]]. He is the current British national pentathlon record holder, set on 20 May 1970 in Santa Barbara, California.
He has held national records and won national championships in the decathlon, [[discus throw]] and [[pentathlon]]. He is the current British national pentathlon record holder, set on 20 May 1970 in Santa Barbara, California.


King is co-author of a two-book series, published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, entitled ''The Olympic Challenge'' as well as ''Journey of the Olympic Flame''.<ref>[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Journey-Of-The-Olympic-Flame-Gayle-Bodin-Petty-Barry-King/9781580001052-item.html?cookieCheck=1 ]{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Challenge-1988-Barry-King/dp/0937359351 |title=The Olympic Challenge, 1988: Barry King, Bill Toomey: 9780937359358: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bokfynd.nu/forfattare/%20Barry%20King.html |title=Barry King |publisher=Bokfynd.nu }}</ref><ref>http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/2620137.pdf</ref> King assisted in creating an Olympic themed Iowa state school educational curriculum for K-12 students,<ref>http://dox.aea1.k12.ia.us/guides/V17419.pdf</ref> again, in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. In film, he was the technical director of the motion picture, the ''World's Greatest Athlete'', Walt Disney.<ref>[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10202&start=35 ]{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref>
King is co-author of a two-book series, published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, entitled ''The Olympic Challenge'' as well as ''Journey of the Olympic Flame''.<ref>[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Journey-Of-The-Olympic-Flame-Gayle-Bodin-Petty-Barry-King/9781580001052-item.html?cookieCheck=1 ]{{dead link|date=August 2014}}[http://imhabib.com Technology Blog]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Challenge-1988-Barry-King/dp/0937359351 |title=The Olympic Challenge, 1988: Barry King, Bill Toomey: 9780937359358: Amazon.com: Books |publisher=Amazon.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bokfynd.nu/forfattare/%20Barry%20King.html |title=Barry King |publisher=Bokfynd.nu }}</ref><ref>http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/2620137.pdf</ref> King assisted in creating an Olympic themed Iowa state school educational curriculum for K-12 students,<ref>http://dox.aea1.k12.ia.us/guides/V17419.pdf</ref> again, in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. In film, he was the technical director of the motion picture, the ''World's Greatest Athlete'', Walt Disney.<ref>[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10202&start=35 ]{{dead link|date=August 2014}}</ref>


Barry is married to Deanna Pinckney-King and has one daughter.
Barry is married to Deanna Pinckney-King and has one daughter.

Revision as of 08:23, 29 July 2016

For the Irish tennis player, see Barry King (tennis).

Barry King
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch Decathlon
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh Decathlon

Barry King (born 3 April 1945) is a British former Olympic decathlete who is now an author, corporate director, corporate board member and specialist in Olympic marketing and sports development.[1] He is founder and chief executive officer of Outdoor-Fitness, LLC.,[2][3] [4][5][6] co-founder of Sports Directions Corporation, and served as a director at the United States Olympic Committee for 14 years during the height of the United States Olympic Committee's organizational and fundraising successes.[7]

He grew up in England and obtained a track and field scholarship from the University of Colorado at Boulder in the United States. His first major international competition came when he represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, where he won the bronze medal in the decathlon. He then took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich two years later, competing for Great Britain. He ranked fifteenth overall in the Olympic decathlon competition. He returned to the podium at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, this time coming away with the silver medal.[8][9]

He has held national records and won national championships in the decathlon, discus throw and pentathlon. He is the current British national pentathlon record holder, set on 20 May 1970 in Santa Barbara, California.

King is co-author of a two-book series, published in association with the United States Olympic Committee, entitled The Olympic Challenge as well as Journey of the Olympic Flame.[10][11][12][13] King assisted in creating an Olympic themed Iowa state school educational curriculum for K-12 students,[14] again, in conjunction with the United States Olympic Committee. In film, he was the technical director of the motion picture, the World's Greatest Athlete, Walt Disney.[15]

Barry is married to Deanna Pinckney-King and has one daughter.

References

  1. ^ Outdoor Fitness profile
  2. ^ "Adult playgrounds fight obesity - Video on NBCNews.com". MSNBC.
  3. ^ "Outdoor Fitness Equipment NBC MSNBC Nightly News 7 July 8 2012 Aduly playgrounds outdoor gym obesity". Outdoor-fitness.com. 8 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Our Company at Outdoor Fitness". Outdoor-fitness.com.
  5. ^ "Team Bios". Outdoor-fitness.com.
  6. ^ Hu, Winnnie (29 June 2012). "Mom, Dad, This Playground's for You". New York Times.
  7. ^ "Atlanta Mounting Olympian Effort at Getting 1996 Games". Los Angeles Times. 25 August 1990.
  8. ^ Sports 123: Athletics: Commonwealth Games: Men: Decathlon
  9. ^ WOA Olympians.
  10. ^ [1][dead link‍]Technology Blog
  11. ^ "The Olympic Challenge, 1988: Barry King, Bill Toomey: 9780937359358: Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com.
  12. ^ "Barry King". Bokfynd.nu.
  13. ^ http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/uasfa/2620137.pdf
  14. ^ http://dox.aea1.k12.ia.us/guides/V17419.pdf
  15. ^ [2][dead link‍]
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