Roles | Competed in Olympic Games • Non-starter |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Marilyn Elizabeth•King |
Used name | Marilyn•King |
Born | 21 May 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) |
Measurements | 175 cm / 70 kg |
Affiliations | Millbrae Lions |
NOC | United States |
Marilyn King attended Cal State Hayward and also competed for the Millbrae Lions. She was AAU pentathlon champion in 1971, AAU indoor champion in the long jump in 1971, and won the 1971 AIAW title in the 200 low hurdles. King also competed at the 1971 Pan American Games, placing fourth in the pentathlon. She was the founder of Beyond Sports, an organization which seeks to extend the application of imagery and related skills to a broader arena of individual and social concerns, including world peace, and she has created a curriculum for schools based on Olympian principles.
Personal Bests: 100H – 13.7 (1976); HJ – 5-10 (1.78) (1976); LJ – 20-9½ (6.34) (1976); SP – 41-11¼ (12.78) (1976); Pen – 4731 (1971).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1972 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Marilyn King | |||
Pentathlon, Women (Olympic) | ||||||
1976 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Marilyn King | |||
Pentathlon, Women (Olympic) | 17 |