Bill Jankunis

Bill Jankunis
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	June 29, 1955 (age 69)
Home town	Staten Island, New York
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump

William John Jankunis (born June 29, 1955) is an American athlete.^[1] He competed in the men's high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[2] Jankunis won the 1976 United States Summer Olympic High Jump Trials on June 28, 1976, at University of Oregon's Hayward Stadium with a jump of 2.28 metres (7 ft. 5 3⁄4 in).^[3]

As a resident of Midland Beach, Jankunis attended New Dorp High School in New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. He was inducted into the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.^[2]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Bill Jankunis". Olympedia. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Jankunis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
^ "They survived the Trials to make it to Montreal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 28, 1976. p. 5B.
^ "Family and friends honor former New Dorp star and U.S. Olympian Bill Jankunis". Staten Island Advance. June 30, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
^ Gordon, Cormac (June 27, 2016). "Forty years later, a little party for under-the-radar Olympian Bill Jankunis". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

External links

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[1] "Bill Jankunis". Olympedia. Retrieved October 4, 2020.

[SportsRef-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Jankunis Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2017.

[tsvvd-3] "They survived the Trials to make it to Montreal". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). June 28, 1976. p. 5B.

[4] "Family and friends honor former New Dorp star and U.S. Olympian Bill Jankunis". Staten Island Advance. June 30, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

[5] Gordon, Cormac (June 27, 2016). "Forty years later, a little party for under-the-radar Olympian Bill Jankunis". Staten Island Advance. Retrieved April 15, 2019.

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v t e 1976 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter
Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cyndy Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston
Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler
Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)