Bob Roggy

{{short description|American javelin thrower}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2017}} '''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.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125499/index.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103112641/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125499/index.htm |date=2012-11-03 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-04-sp-1104-story.html|title=Javelin Thrower Roggy Falls From Truck, Dies|first=JULIE|last=CART|date=4 August 1986|website=Articles.latimes.com|access-date=6 October 2017|via=LA Times}}</ref>

Roggy attended Holmdel High School.<ref>[http://www.runningnetwork.com/news/26499.html USATF Notes; Marion, Monique and Tom Petronoff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005339/http://www.runningnetwork.com/news/26499.html |date=2007-09-28 }}, 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."</ref> 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.

==See also== *Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner) *RoggyBog69 (Internet Comedian)

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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Bob Roggy}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070922110628/http://www.newjerseyinternational.com/ToAllOurFriends.htm New Jersey International]

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