Terence Hillary Albritton (January 14, 1955 – September 1, 2005) was an American

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athlete, former

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world record holder, and coach.

Career

Albritton was born in

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and attended Newport Harbor High School. He went on to the

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and later graduated from

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. He was a strength coach at the University of Hawaii from 1979 to 1985. He is regarded as a pioneer in importing the training techniques from the Soviet Union to the United States. These methods include power cleans,

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, and other fast twitching muscle training techniques. From 1990 to 2004, Albritton was a teacher and assistant football coach at St. Anthony School in Wailuku, Hawaii and was also a personal trainer on

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for professional athletes, including Shane Victorino of the

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. Albritton suffered a fatal

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, Cambodia, where he had retired in 2004. At the time he had been writing a screenplay about travels in the Soviet Union. He was survived by sons, Shane and Thomas Albritton, and grandson, Thomas Vaethroeder.

Shot put accomplishments

*World record: , 1976, Cooke Field,

*National shot put champion, 1976, 1977 *National shot put runner-up, 1975

References

Honolulu Advertiser

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