José Parrilla
American middle-distance runner
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Jose Antonio "Tony" Parrilla, Jr. (born 31 March 1972 in Ancón, Panama) is an American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 meters. He finished sixth at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg. Known for coming from behind with a strong finishing kick, his personal best 800 m time is 1:43.97, set at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials. He also qualified for the U.S. team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, making him a two-time Olympian.[1] He also ran in the 1993 World Championships.
While running for the University of Tennessee he won three successive NCAA Championships from 1992 to 1994, a feat only duplicated twice before (by Charles Hornbostel and John Woodruff), both from the 1930s.
He adopted Puerto Rican nationality in 2000.
His oldest son, of the same name, followed both his parents to run at the University of Tennessee starting in 2016.[2]
References
External links
- José Parrilla at World Athletics
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US National Championship winners in men's indoor 800-meter dash
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1906–7: Mel Sheppard
- 1908–10: Harry Gissing
- 1911: Abel Kiviat
- 1912: no meet
- 1913–4: Abel Kiviat
- 1915: Dan Caldwell
- 1916–7: John Overton
- 1918–20: Joie Ray
- 1921: Sid Leslie
- 1922: Harold Cutbill
- 1923: Ray Watson
- 1924: George Marsters
- 1925: Lloyd Hahn
- 1926: Ray Dodge
- 1927: Lloyd Hahn
- 1928–9: Ray Conger
- 1930: Paul Martin (SUI) * Ray Conger
- 1931: Ray Conger
- 1932: Dale Letts
- 1933: Glen Dawson
- 1934: Chuck Hornbostel
- 1935: Glen Dawson
- 1936: Chuck Hornbostel
- 1937: Elroy Robinson
- 1938: Frank Slater
- 1939–42: John Borican
- 1943: Jim Rafferty
- 1944: Les Eisenhart
- 1945: Don Burnham
- 1946: Fred Sickinger
- 1947: Bill McGuire
- 1948: Phil Thigpen
- 1949: Bob Mealey
- 1950–1: Roscoe Browne
- 1952: Don Gehrmann
- 1953: Heinz Ulzheimer (FRG) * Don Gehrmann
- 1954: Mal Whitfield
- 1955–7: Arnie Sowell
- 1958: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * Joe Soprano
- 1959: Zbigniew Orywał (POL) * (3) Arnie Sowell
- 1960: Cary Weisiger
- 1961: Ernie Cunliffe
- 1962: John Reilly
- 1963: Bill Crothers (CAN) * Robin Lingle
- 1964: Ernie Cunliffe
- 1965–6: Ted Nelson
- 1967: Preston Davis
- 1968: Tom Von Ruden
- 1969: Herb Germann
- 1970: Juris Luzins
- 1971: Tom Von Ruden
- 1972: Jozef Plachý (TCH) * (3) Ron Nehring
- 1973: Marcel Philippe
- 1974–6: Rick Wohlhuter
- 1977: Mike Boit
- 1978: Gideon Terer
- 1979: Evans White
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–1: Bill Martin
- 1982: Don Paige
- 1983: Mark Belger
- 1984: Don Paige
- 1985: Edwin Koech (KEN)
- 1986: Johnny Gray
- 1987: Stanley Redwine
- 1988–91: Ray Brown
- 1992: Fred Williams (CAN) * (3) Ray Brown
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Stanley Redwine
- 1994: David Kiptoo (KEN)
- 1995: Joseph Tengelei (KEN)–Jose Parrilla
- 1996: Brandon Rock
- 1997–8: Mark Everett
- 1999: Khadevis Robinson
- 2000: Bryan Woodward
- 2001: Trinity Gray
- 2002: Derrick Peterson
- 2003: David Krummenacker
- 2004: Michael Stember
- 2005: Kevin Hicks
- 2006: Khadevis Robinson
- 2007: Nicholas Symmonds
- 2008–9: Khadevis Robinson
- 2010: Nick Symmonds
- 2011–2: Duane Solomon
- 2013–4: Erik Sowinski
- 2015: Robby Andrews
- 2016: Boris Berian
- 2017: Clayton Murphy
- 2018: Donavan Brazier
- 2019: Clayton Murphy
- 2020: Bryce Hoppel
- 2022–3: Bryce Hoppel
*Distances have varied as follows: 1000 yards (1906–1986), 800 meters (1987–date) except 1000 meters (2015, 2017,2019)
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