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Phil Conley
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This article is about Philip Ransom Conley. For other uses, see Phil Conley (disambiguation).
Philip Ransom Conley (August 17, 1934 – March 12, 2014) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] His wife was Frances K. Conley, the first official female winner of the Bay to Breakers and an acclaimed neurosurgeon.[1] He graduated from California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[1]
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Nationality | American | |||||||||||
Born | (1934-08-17)August 17, 1934 Madera, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | March 12, 2014(2014-03-12) (aged 79) Santa Rosa, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | |||||||||||
Club | Caltech, Pasadena | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 79.30 m (1964) | |||||||||||
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