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Rodney "Rod" Milburn, Jr. (May 18, 1950 – November 11, 1997) was an American athlete who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdles. == Career == During the early 1970s, Milburn dominated the 110m hurdles, tying or breaking the world record for the 110 m hurdles/120 yards five times.〔 〕〔120 yards is 109.73m, a difference of 27 cm with 110 m. This means for record purposes there is no conversion factor applied for hand-timing when converting between times recorded for the two distances.〕〔Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 117-119 & p 501.〕〔http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3424 "Coverting Times from English to Metric Distances", National Federation of State High School Associations.〕 1971, as a sophomore at Southern University, was when Milburn announced himself on the national and world stage. Amongst his achievements that year was his first world record. In a semi-final of the USA Championships he broke the record for 120 y with 13.0 s.〔http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085038/index.htm "Firstest, Fastest And Mostest", Pat Putnam & Skip Myslenski, Sports Illustrated, July 5, 1971.〕〔The world record was first set 13.2 s for 110 m hurdles by Martin Lauer in 1959. As discussed above, this time is equivalent to running 13.2 s for the 120 y hurdles. The record of 13.2 s was equalled 5 times in the intervening years, including by Erv Hall for 120 y in 1969.〕 Milburn went on to win the title, in 13.1 s.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19710626&id=hSUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7335,3587506 "Rod Milburn Sets Record; Prefontaine Wins Hot Three", Bob Payne, The Spokesman-Review, June 26, 1971.〕 Milburn was to remain undefeated in 1971, including winning the 110m hurdles event at the 1971 Pan-American Games. He also showed his versatility by winning a bronze as a member of the United States sprint relay team at the Pan-American Games.〔http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/rod-milburn-1.html Rod Milburn, sports-reference.com.〕〔http://digilander.libero.it/Mennea/Stagionali/WRL/1971/4x100.htm 4x100 m best performances 1971.〕 With these performances, Milburn earned the nickname "Hot Rod",〔http://www.hurdlesfirst.com/quietchampion2.htm "Rodney Milburn: The Quiet Champion, Chapter Two, The First Hurdle: Wooden Hurdles on a Grass Track", Steve McGill, www.hurdlesfirst.com, 2010.〕 and was awarded the Track and Field News Athlete of the Year Award.〔https://books.google.com/books?id=DlZVGZcX0hQC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=rod+milburn+world+record&source=bl&ots=iZyttAFZKe&sig=-uYApkqaYSFnujxGGs0Ub3_6fKE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gQ0MUd2jJ4nO0QWrnIDgAg&sqi=2&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=rod%20milburn%20world%20record&f=false "Rod Milburn: Reluctant Hero", Frank Litzky, Boy's Life, August 1972.〕 His home state, Louisiana, also recognised him by awarding him the James J. Corbett Award as the outstanding male athlete from the state in 1971. He was to receive the same award a second time in 1973.〔http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site59.php "The Corbett Award", Official Site of the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Retrieved 10 February 2013.〕 The overwhelming favourite to qualify for the 1972 Munich Olympics. Milburn in fact struggled but did qualify in 3rd place at the USA Olympic Trials. In the final he hit hurdles due to the pressure of the world-record holder Willie Davenport running alongside him and only managed to hold the vital third and last qualifying place by a foot.〔http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track & Field, R Hymans, USA Track & Field, 2008〕 In Munich Milburn won the gold medal in the 110m hurdles, tying the world record of 13.2 seconds, finishing ahead of Guy Drut and Thomas Hill. This time, which was recorded as 13.24 to the hundredth of a second, would become the first world record when only automatically recorded times would be ratified as world records.〔〔From 1 January 1977, only automatic timings were accepted as world records by the IAAF. In addition, the IAAF scrapped world records for all imperial distances except for the mile.〕 Milburn's triumph was overshadowed by other events. The qualifying rounds for the 110 m hurdles event was delayed by the suspension of the games following the terrorist attack in the Olympic Village. The final itself was then overlooked due to the furore over the behaviour of the American 400 meter runners Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett on the medal rostrum at their medal award ceremony.〔http://www.hurdlesfirst.com/tomhill72.htm "Takin’ it Back to ’72, Through the Eyes of Tom Hill", Steve McGill, 2005.〕 In 1973 Milburn continued to demonstrate he was the world's pre-eminent high-hurdler by breaking the world record for the 110 m hurdles with a 13.1 s, knocking 0.1 s off a record that had lasted for 14 years,〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948&dat=19730708&id=Z7gtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CYEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1059,2000476 "Rod Milburn Snaps Oldest World Record", The Modesto Bee, July 8, 1973.〕 and equalling his own world record for 120 y hurdles of 13.0 s.〔 The record-breaking times in the 110 m hurdles happened on 6 July in Zurich, Switzerland and on the 22 July in Sienna, Italy; the record-equalling time in the 120 y hurdles happened on the 20 June in Eugene, Oregon. After this season, with no prospect of playing American football professionally and not able to endorse commercial products as an amateur athlete, Milburn joined the fledgling professional athletics tour run by the International Track Association (ITA).〔http://www.hurdlesfirst.com/quietchampion6.htm "Rodney Milburn: The Quiet Champion, Chapter Seven, The Sixth Hurdle: From College to the Pros", Steve McGill, www.hurdlesfirst.com, 2011.In 1975, Milburn tried briefly to become an American footballer with the fledgling World Football League team the Shreveport Steamer.〔〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19750611&id=cG4sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iIoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5893,2409400 "Steamer Likes Milburn", Associated Press, Herald-Journal, June 11, 1975.〕 His try out was unsuccessful.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19750801&id=5x9OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7065,176878 "Broken Leg to Bullock Costs SF", Associated Press, The Spokesman-Review August 1, 1975.〕 Milburn returned as a hurdler in 1980 in time for an attempt at an Olympic comeback. However the boycott of the Olympics denied him that possibility. He did, however, run as an amateur for two seasons with some success against the new generation of high hurdlers. Sporting commentators note that Milburn was important in the history of hurdling for introducing two innovations: the double-armed lead (to increase power) and the dime on the hurdle practice technique (hurdle over without knocking it off).〔http://www.hurdlesfirst.com/110%20Greats.htm "110 Greats", Steve McGill, www.hurdlesfirst.com.〕 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「Rod Milburn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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