Bob Roggy

American javelin thrower

Bob Roggy (August 6, 1956 in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States – August 4, 1986) was a javelin thrower from the United States. He set the world best year performance in 1982, throwing 95.80 metres in Stuttgart, West Germany on August 29. Earlier in 1982, Roggy set the American record in the Javelin at the Bruce Jenner Invitational, beating Mark Murro's 12-year-old record. Previously, while a senior at Southern Illinois University he won the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1978.^[1]

Roggy was killed in an accident where he fell out of the back of a pick-up truck in 1986 in Houston, Texas, at the first Olympic Sports Festival.^[2]

Roggy attended Holmdel High School.^[3] Following his death, a scholarship was set up in memory. Every year the two best athletes at Holmdel High get the opportunity to follow in his footsteps with an athletic scholarship.

References

^ [1] Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ CART, JULIE (4 August 1986). "Javelin Thrower Roggy Falls From Truck, Dies". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 6 October 2017 – via LA Times.
^ USATF Notes; Marion, Monique and Tom Petronoff Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, USATF, June 8, 2007. "The meet is hosted by Shore Athletic Club in cooperation with Holmdel High School, alma mater of the late Bob Roggy, a former world No. 1 in the javelin."

External links

Bob Roggy at World Athletics
New Jersey International

World best year performance in men's javelin throw

1971–1972: Jānis Lūsis (URS)
1973: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)
1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN)
1975–1977: Miklós Németh (HUN)
1978: Michael Wessing (FRG)
1979: Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)
1980: Ferenc Paragi (HUN)
1981: Detlef Michel (GDR)
1982: Bob Roggy (USA)
1983: Tom Petranoff (USA)
1984–1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR)
1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)
1987–1988: Jan Železný (TCH)
1989: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)
1990: Steve Backley (GBR)
1991: Seppo Räty (FIN)
1992: Steve Backley (GBR)
1993–1994: Jan Železný (CZE)
1995: Raymond Hecht (GER)
1996–1997: Jan Železný (CZE)
1998–1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN)
2000: Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)
2001: Jan Železný (CZE)
2002–2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS)
2004: Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)
2005: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
2007: Breaux Greer (USA)
2008–2011: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
2012: Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)
2013: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
2014: Ihab Abdelrahman (EGY)
2015: Julius Yego (KEN)
2016: Thomas Röhler (GER)
2017–2018: Johannes Vetter (GER)
2019: Magnus Kirt (EST)
2020–2021: Johannes Vetter (GER)
2022: Anderson Peters (GRN)
2023: Jakub Vadlejch (CZE)

v t e US National Championship winners in men's javelin throw
1909–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1909: Ralph Rose 1910: Bruno Brodd 1911: Ollie Snedigar 1912: Harry Lott 1913: Bruno Brodd 1914–19: George Bronder 1920–21: Milton Angier 1922: Flint Hanner 1923: Harry Hoffman 1924: John Leyden 1925: Zeke Bonura 1926: John Kuck 1927: Charles Harlow 1928: Creth Hines 1929: Jess Mortensen 1930–31: James DeMers 1932: Malcolm Metcalf^Note 1933: Lee Bartlett 1934: Ralston LeGore 1935: Horace Odell 1936: John Mottram 1937: William Reitz 1938: Nick Vukmanic 1939–42: Boyd Brown 1943–44: Martin Biles 1945: Earl Marshall 1946: Garland Adair 1947–48: Steve Seymour 1949: Bud Held 1950: Steve Seymour 1951: Bud Held 1952: Bill Miller 1953–55: Bud Held 1956: Cy Young 1957: Bob Voiles 1958: Bud Held 1959–60: Al Cantello 1961: John Fromm 1962: Dan Studney 1963: Larry Stuart 1964: Frank Covelli 1965: Bill Floerke 1966: John Tushaus 1967: Delmon McNabb 1968: Frank Covelli 1969: Mark Murro 1970–71: Bill Skinner 1972: Fred Luke 1973: Cary Feldmann 1974: Sam Colson 1975: Richard George 1976: Fred Luke 1977: Bruce Kennedy 1978: Bill Schmidt 1979: Duncan Atwood
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Duncan Atwood 1981: Bruce Kennedy 1982: Bob Roggy 1983: Rod Ewaliko 1984: Curt Ransford 1985–86: Tom Petranoff 1987: Duncan Atwood 1988: Dave Stephens 1989: Mike Barnett 1990: Vince Labosky 1991: Mike Barnett 1992: Tom Pukstys
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Tom Pukstys 1994: Todd Riech 1995: Tom Pukstys 1996: Todd Riech 1997–99: Tom Pukstys 2000–07: Breaux Greer 2008: Bobby Smith 2009: Chris Hill 2010: Sean Furey 2011: Mike Hazle 2012: Sam Humphreys 2013: Riley Dolezal 2014–15: Sean Furey 2016: Cyrus Hostetler 2017: Riley Dolezal 2018: Curtis Thompson 2019: Michael Shuey 2021^{2020 OT}: Curtis Thompson
Olympic Trials	The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notes	Kenneth Churchill had the longest throw in the 1932 competition (which doubled as the Olympic Trials), ahead of Malcolm Metcalf. However, Churchill qualified for the final only due to a late rule change by the U.S. Olympic Committee, allowing eight rather than five finalists. As this rule change applied only to the Olympic Trials, Churchill is considered to have won at the Trials and Metcalf at the national championships, even though they were the same meet.