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Peter Shmock (''Peter Carlton "Pete" Shmock;'' born April 29, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American track and field athlete, primarily known for throwing the shot put, and former Seattle Mariners coach.〔 Currently Shmock (pronounced "smock") is a personal trainer at ZUM (pronounced "zoom"), a Seattle health club he founded in 2002.〔Paulson, T., "A Unique Approach to Teaching Fitness and Personal Training", ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', September 16, 1994.〕〔Downey, R., "Best Do-Less Body Sculptor", ''Seattle Weekly'', October 15, 2003.〕〔Martin, M., ("Tuning In: Zum Challenges the Mode of Conventional Health Clubs" ), ''The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine'', July 28, 2002.〕 ==High School and College Athletics== Shmock went by "Pete" throughout his high school, college, and Olympic shot-put career. In 1968, while attending San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, Calif., Shmock won first place in the California State Championships and threw 62-1 3/4 to finish fifth at the Golden West Invitational.〔 From 1969 to 1972 Pete Shmock competed on the University of Oregon's track and field team, the Ducks, coached by Olympic team coach Bill Bowerman.〔〔〔Newnham, B., ("Pre Hits 3:56.7, Shmock 64-11 1/2" ), ''Eugene Register-Guard'' (Eugene, Ore.), April 24, 1972.〕 Shmock did exceptionally well at the university's annual Twilight Meet, telling a reporter, "'This is the first meet this year I've really got psyched for.'"〔 In 1970 he broke 60 feet for the first time in his college career, and in 1971 he threw a personal best of 63-2 3/4.〔 He threw 64-11 1/2 in 1972, setting a new personal best and qualifying him for the Olympic trials.〔 Ranking sixth in the U.S., Shmock did not travel to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics.〔Track and Field News, ("History of US Nationals Results: Shot Put" ), ''Track and Field News'' website, 2005. Retrieved March 7, 2011.〕 He finished second in shot put in the NCAA that year, and he threw a lifetime best in the hammer throw of 166-11.〔〔Track and Field News, ("All-Time U.S. Rankings - Men's Shot" ), ''Track and Field News'' website, 2002. Retrieved March 7, 2011.〕 Shmock graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's in social science in 1973.〔〔 After college, Pete Shmock competed with the Southern Cal Striders (also known as the Tobias Striders) in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).〔〔 He ranked among the top six shot putters in the AAU and the U.S. Nationals from 1974 to 1980.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Shmock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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