Leo Williams

Career

He also competed at the 1983 World Championships placing 12th in the final with a jump of 2.23 meters. He was the alternate on the 1984 United States Olympic Team after placing 4th at the 1984 United States Olympic Trials with a jump of 2.28 meters. and while winning the 1983 British American Automobile Association Championships. Leo graduated and competed for the United States Naval Academy and Muncie Burris High School (Indiana) and led his track teams to numerous conference championships and invitational successes.

These are the highest two athletic awards given at the United States Naval Academy.

Leo graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Mathematics - Operations Analysis. He served six years as a Naval Officer in the Civil Engineer Corps.

Leo now is the President and Chief Executive Officer of a Microbial Disinfection Company (CSGI) that he co-founded in Los Angeles, California.

Achievements

• While attending Annapolis, Leo won four indoor Army-Navy Championships, four outdoor Army-Navy Championships, four indoor Heptagonal Championships, four outdoor Heptagonal Championships (1980-1983) and the 1983 Penn Relays Championship of America High Jump (226 meters). He won the gold medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade with a jump of 2.24 meters and the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games with a jump of 2.27 meters. He is a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Champion (1981 with a jump of 227 meters and 1982 with a jump of 228 meters). He won the 1981 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship with a jump of 2.25 meters. Leo won the 1991 United States Olympic Festival Championship with a jump of 2.27 meters. Leo is also a six-time United States Interservice High Jump Champion (1983-1989) and the 1986 Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) with a jump of 2.20 meters. Leos personal best jump is 2.29 metres, achieved in June 1982 in Provo, Utah. While attending Muncie Burris, he won the Tom DeWitt-Shelby Smith Academic Excellence Award combining athletic and advanced mathematics success. While attending the United States Naval Academy, Leo won the Thompson Trophy and the NAAA Sword.