Roger Kingdom was born on August 26,1962 and is an American former sprint hurdler who was twice Olympic champion in the 110 meters.
16 Facts About Roger Kingdom
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Roger Kingdom is an athletics coach and strength and conditioning coach who currently works as a speed and conditioning coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.
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Roger Kingdom attended the University of Pittsburgh originally on a football scholarship but excelled on the school's track team winning the NCAA outdoor national championship in the 110 meter hurdles in 1983 and the NCAA indoor national championship in the 55 meter hurdles in 1984.
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Roger Kingdom had a long and distinguished career on the track in the 110 meter high hurdles, winning his first Olympic gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Roger Kingdom is only the second athlete to have successfully defended his 110 m hurdle Olympic title, after Lee Calhoun, who won the gold medal in both 1956 and 1960.
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Roger Kingdom set a 110 m high hurdles World Record of 12.92 seconds in Zurich, Switzerland in 1989.
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Roger Kingdom's progress was hampered some in 1991 when he underwent surgery to repair ACL damage and remove bone chips from his knee.
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Roger Kingdom returned to competition to win the gold medal in the 1995 Pan American Games and the bronze medal in the 1995 World Championships in Athletics.
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In 2006, Roger Kingdom was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
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Roger Kingdom was inducted along with NFL's Bap Manzini and MLB's Jim Russell.
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In 2018, Roger Kingdom was included in the inaugural class of the University of Pittsburgh Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Roger Kingdom then became the director of both teams in 2006.
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On March 6,2014, Roger Kingdom was hired as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
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Roger Kingdom worked with head strength and conditioning coach Buddy Morris, his own strength coach at the University of Pittsburgh, and focused on improving the team's speed.
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In 2019, Roger Kingdom returned to the NFL as the speed and conditioning coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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In 2021, Roger Kingdom won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl LV.