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Ron BACKES

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    United States United States
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    19 FEB 1963     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14231755

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
Shot Put 21.02 San José (USA) 28 MAY 1988 1182
Discus Throw 59.90 Knoxville, TN (USA) 11 APR 1986 1059

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
Shot Put 21.01 Oklahoma City, OK (USA) 15 MAR 1986 1181

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 1996

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Shot Put 19.70 Minneapolis, MN (USA) 05 MAY 1996 1103

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Shot Put 19.40 Atlanta, GA (USA) 02 MAR 1996 1085

Outdoor

Shot Put

Performance Place Date
1996 19.70 Minneapolis, MN (USA) 05 MAY 1996
1992 20.86 Minneapolis, MN (USA) 10 JUN 1992
1991 19.34 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 31 AUG 1991
1990 20.62 São Paulo (BRA) 20 MAY 1990
1989 20.17 Westwood, CA (USA) 10 JUN 1989
1988 21.02 San José (USA) 28 MAY 1988
1987 20.09 Zagreb (CRO) 19 JUL 1987
1986 19.80 Lausanne (SUI) 02 SEP 1986
1985 20.25 Evanston, IL (USA) 19 MAY 1985
1984 19.58 Eugene, OR (USA) 02 JUN 1984

Outdoor

Discus Throw

Performance Place Date
1986 59.90 Knoxville, TN (USA) 11 APR 1986

Indoor

Shot Put

Performance Place Date
1995/96 19.40 Atlanta, GA (USA) 02 MAR 1996
1990/91 20.45 Princeton, NJ (USA) 22 FEB 1991
1988/89 20.26 Princeton, NJ (USA) 24 FEB 1989
1987/88 20.82 New York, NY (USA) 26 FEB 1988
1986/87 20.92 Minneapolis, MN (USA) 24 JAN 1987
1985/86 21.01 Oklahoma City, OK (USA) 15 MAR 1986

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
8. Shot Put 19.34 Olympic Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) 31 AUG 1991

Honours - World Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. Shot Put 20.06 Palacio de los Deportes, Sevilla (ESP) 08 MAR 1991
6. Shot Put 20.02 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN (USA) 07 MAR 1987

Honours - World University Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. Shot Put 20.09 Zagreb (CRO) 19 JUL 1987

Honours - National Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Shot Put 20.82 New York, NY (USA) 26 FEB 1988
Results in:

Shot Put

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
05 MAY 1996 Minneapolis, MN USAUSA F F 1. 19.70
11 MAY 1996 Minneapolis, MN USAUSA F F 1. 18.84
01 JUN 1996 San José Bruce Jenner Classic, San José USAUSA B F 6. 18.71
15 JUN 1996 Atlanta US Ch., Atlanta, GA USAUSA C F 6. 19.67

Shot Put Indoor

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
02 MAR 1996 Atlanta US Ind. Ch., Atlanta, GA USAUSA D F 3. 19.40

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