Personal information | |
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Birth name | Richard Lloyd George |
Born | May 22, 1953 Fillmore, Utah, U.S.A. |
Alma mater | Millard High School |
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Javelin throw |
University team | Brigham Young University Cougars |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 83.84 m (275 ft 1 in) |
Richard Lloyd George (born May 22, 1953, in Fillmore, Utah) is an American former javelin thrower. He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]
George went to Brigham Young University, earning a BA in Economics and Harvard Business School, earning an MBA. [2] A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, [3] he played football for the BYU Cougars as a freshman but focused on track and field after returning from his church mission. [4] At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he completed a warm-up throw that would have won second place in the finals, but did not end up qualifying for the finals. [4] In 2012, George became an Honoree in the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. [5]
George served as Vice President of Southern Virginia University and was the CEO of General Resonance LLC and Clene NanoMedicine Inc. [2] His son Andrew also played football for the BYU Cougars [4] and he is the brother-in-law of Ed Red, another Olympic javelin thrower. [4]