 Atkinson in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-02-24) February 24, 1963 (age 61) Manhattan Beach, California | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, mile | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 3rd in 1500m (1988) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:35.15 Mile: 3:52.80 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on October 25, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Jeffrey Patrick Atkinson (born February 24, 1963) is a male former middle-distance runner from the United States. He has held the outdoor mile record at Stanford University since 1986. He was the fastest American male in the 1500 metres in 1989. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, and came in tenth place in the 1500m race. He tried to make a comeback at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not pass the Olympic trials.
Coaching
Atkinson currently holds coaching positions in both cross country and track and field at San Pedro High School in San Pedro, California. At Mira Costa, Atkinson worked with the head coach of cross country, Roberto Calderon, starting in 2015. Along with fellow head coach Brian Shapiro, he coached both the boys' and girls' cross country program at Palos Verdes to much success in 2007, when both varsity teams competed in both the Division III CIF Southern Section Finals and State Championships. The boys have since won a CIF-SS title and a CIF State Championship titles in 2009 and 2011 (setting record team times for Division III) and gone on to compete at the Nike Cross Nationals in 2009. The girls also won a Southern Section title in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014 and CIF State Championship title in 2011 and 2014 under Atkinson.
Stanford track record
3:55.16 Mile, 1986 (outdoors)
Former United States track record holder
1500m: 3:38.12 in 1989 (record was broken by Bernard Lagat in 2005) – indoor American record
Personal records
- 800m: 1:48
- 1500m: 3:35.15
- Mile: 3:52.80
- 5 km road: 14:01
- 10 km road: 29:56
- Marathon: 2:46
Marathon career
2005: won Catalina Marathon in 3:05:27 which today is the masters' record.
References
- ^ US Rankings Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Track and Field News
- ^ "Jeff ATKINSON - Athlete Profile". IAAF.
- ^ "Men's Track And Field Outdoor All-Time Top 10" (PDF). Stanford College. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- "Program History". Palo Verdes. Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
- "Men's Indoor American Records". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- "Archived copy". Running Network. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Atkinson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012.
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American male middle-distance runners
- American track and field coaches
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Sports coaches from California
- Sportspeople from Manhattan Beach, California
- Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes
- Stanford University alumni
- Track and field athletes from California
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- 20th-century American sportsmen