John Crist (athlete)
American decathlete
John Harrison Crist (born August 28, 1954) is a retired decathlete from the United States, who finished in sixth place (8130 points) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a three-time national champion (1981, 1982 and 1985) in the men's decathlon. He later became the owner of "Memories" swingdance club in California, which has been open at its location in Whittier, California for over 15 years. He went to Arlington Schools in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was on a state championship basketball team.
References
- USA Olympic Team
- 1984 Year List
- John Crist Bio Sports Reference
- John Crist at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- "MEMORIES CELEBRATES FIFTEEN YEARS IN UPTOWN WHITTIER!"
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US National Championship winners in men's decathlon
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1915: Alma Richards
- 1916–19: not held
- 1920: Brutus Hamilton
- 1921: Dan Shea
- 1922: Harrison Thompson
- 1923: Harold Osborn
- 1924: Tony Plansky
- 1925–26: Harold Osborn
- 1927: Fait Elkins
- 1928–29: Ken Doherty
- 1930: Wilson Charles
- 1931: Jess Mortensen
- 1932: Jim Bausch
- 1933: Barney Berlinger
- 1934–35: Bob Clark
- 1936: Glenn Morris
- 1937: not held
- 1938–39: Joe Scott
- 1940: Bill Watson
- 1941: John Borican
- 1942: Bill Terwilliger
- 1943: Bill Watson
- 1944: Irv Mondschein
- 1945: Charles Beaudry
- 1946–47: Irv Mondschein
- 1948–50: Bob Mathias
- 1951: Bob Richards
- 1952: Bob Mathias
- 1953: Milt Campbell
- 1954–55: Bob Richards
- 1956: Rafer Johnson
- 1957: Charles Pratt
- 1958: Rafer Johnson
- 1959: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Dave Edstrom
- 1960: Rafer Johnson
- 1961: Paul Herman
- 1962: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman
- 1963: Steve Pauly
- 1964: C.K. Yang (TPE) * Paul Herman
- 1965–69: Bill Toomey
- 1970: John Warkentin
- 1971: Rick Wanamaker
- 1972–73: Jeff Bennett
- 1974: Bruce Jenner
- 1975: Fred Samara
- 1976: Bruce Jenner
- 1977: Fred Dixon
- 1978: Mike Hill
- 1979: Bobby Coffman
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Bob Coffman
- 1981–82: John Crist
- 1983: Mark Anderson
- 1984: John Crist
- 1985: John Sayre
- 1986: Dave Johnson
- 1987: Tim Bright
- 1988: Gary Kinder
- 1989–90: Dave Johnson
- 1991: Dan O'Brien
- 1992: Dave Johnson
USA Track & Field
- 1993–96: Dan O'Brien
- 1997: Steve Fritz
- 1998–99: Chris Huffins
- 2000: Tom Pappas
- 2001: Kip Janvrin
- 2002–03: Tom Pappas
- 2004–05: Bryan Clay
- 2006–07: Tom Pappas
- 2008: Bryan Clay
- 2009: Trey Hardee
- 2010: Jake Arnold
- 2011–13: Ashton Eaton
- 2014–15: Trey Hardee
- 2016: Ashton Eaton
- 2017: Trey Hardee
- 2018: Zach Ziemek
- 2019: Devon Williams
- 20212020 OT: Garrett Scantling
- The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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