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Randy Matson

ランディ・マトソン　/　らんでぃ・まとそん

American athletics competitor

March 5, 1945 (age 81)　・　Kilgore, Texas, United States

Texas
athletics competitor
basketball player

My Take

Matson is the real deal, no asterisks. A 199 cm giant out of Kilgore, Texas, he turned shot put into something close to art, taking silver in 1964 and gold at the 1968 Mexico City Games. The detail I love is that he also played basketball at Texas A&M, hinting at an athlete whose gifts spilled past one event. There is something stirring about raw, old-school power channeled into throwing a weight farther than anyone alive. He embodies a golden age of American track and field, and I am happy to simply applaud the man.

Overview

James Randel "Randy" Matson (born March 5, 1945) is an American track and field athlete who mostly competed in the shot put. Matson won a silver medal at the 1964 and a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Randy Matson
Name (Japanese): ランディ・マトソン
Reading: らんでぃ・まとそん
Born: March 5, 1945 (age 81)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rooster
Origin: Kilgore, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 199 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: athletics competitor / basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Texas A&M University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

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