Kory Tarpenning

Kory Tarpenning
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born27 February 1962
Portland, Oregon, USA
Height80 cm (2 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Eventpole vault
ClubPacific Coast Club / Nike, Beaverton

Kory Merrill Tarpenning (born February 27, 1962) is an American retired pole vaulter best known for finishing fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, having previously competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Biography

Tarpenning won the British AAA Championships title in the pole vault event at the 1985 AAA Championships.[2][3]

His personal best vault was 5.89 m (19 ft 3+3⁄4 in), achieved in July 1988 in Indianapolis.

Aside from his Olympic appearances, he came fourth at both the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final. He also competed at the 1992 IAAF World Cup, but failed to register a valid mark.[1] He was a four time national champion in his discipline, having won at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1988 and 1989 and the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in 1991 and 1994.[4][5] He also came second at the 1994 Prefontaine Classic, losing out to Sergey Bubka.[6] Tarpenning tested positive for anabolic steroid use in 1997 and was suspended for two years.[7]

After his athletic career, he moved to Monaco and was involved in the opening of the first Starbucks coffee house in the principality.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Kory Tarpenning athlete profile. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
  2. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  4. ^ United States Championships (Men 1943-). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
  5. ^ UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-10-15.
  6. ^ "6 Jun 1994, Page 18 - Statesman Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  7. ^ "USATF - Anti-Doping - Athlete Suspensions". 2004-02-20. Archived from the original on 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  8. ^ "Princess opens Starbucks". Monaco Life. 2013-12-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.