Roger Kingdom

Roger Kingdom is the real deal, a two-time Olympic champion in the 110 metre hurdles and the man who set a 12.92 world record in 1989. That alone earns him legend status in my book. But what genuinely moves me is the second act: he now works as a speed and conditioning coach for the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, pouring his hard-won expertise into the next generation. There is something profound about an elite athlete who turns around to lift others. The grace of clearing hurdles and the generosity of teaching it forward; that combination is exactly the kind of life I find myself admiring.

Name (English)

Roger Kingdom

Name (Japanese)

ロジャー・キングダム

Reading

ろじゃー・きんぐだむ

Born

August 26, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Vienna, Georgia, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

athletics competitor

University

University of Pittsburgh

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/roger.kingdom/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0

Tags

• Georgia
• athletics competitor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.