Anthony Eugene Campbell (born June 14, 1960) is an
American
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former
hurdler
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...
. He is the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist in the
110m Hurdles, the
1987 World Indoor champion in the 60m hurdles, and won the
1985 World Cup title in the 110m hurdles. A three-time winner of the
110 metres hurdles
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at the
IAAF Grand Prix Final
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, he also won the
1987 Overall Grand Prix title, with fellow hurdler
Greg Foster second and pole vaulter
Sergey Bubka
Sergey Nazarovych Bubka ( uk, Сергій Назарович Бубка; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by ''Tr ...
third.
Career
Born in
Los Angeles, California
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, Campbell attended the
University of Southern California
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. He was the 1982
NCAA Indoor Champion for 60 yard hurdles. While a sophomore at USC, he qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, but was prevented from competing in the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
by the American-led
boycott
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. Campbell was the youngest member of a movement that considered circumventing the U.S. boycott by competing under the
International Olympic Committee
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flag, in an effort to make a statement that politics and sports should not be mixed. However, threats by U.S. officials to revoke athletes' passports and visas caused the effort to fold. Campbell noted that he would have moved forward with the effort if the group had decided to move forward: "For my age and who I was at the time, that would have been the right thing for me to do. In the event that we were banned from coming back to the U.S., I think I would have survived. I've been around the world enough to see some incredibly wonderful places where I could have been very comfortable."
[Wayne Drehs]
Campbell, others nearly defied boycott
ESPN.com, September 22, 2000, Accessed March 13, 2009.
Campbell qualified and participated in the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles, California
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, taking 5th in the 110m Hurdles; and again in for the 1988 Seoul Games, where he won the bronze medal.
[USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008]
USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
Campbell was one of the most consistent high hurdlers of the 80s. In
Track and Field News
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Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on runni ...
magazine's world merit rankings, he was ranked in the top ten for eleven consecutive years (1980–90) with his highest placement being number two (in 1987). He married the English hurdler
Michelle Edwards. Their daughter Taylor Campbell lives in England and has also competed as a hurdler.
He coached former American footballer
David Wilson in the triple jump prior to the
2016 US Olympic Trials.
International competitions
References
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1960 births
Living people
American male hurdlers
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
USC Trojans men's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track and field athletes from Los Angeles
Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games