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"Fourth place" describes his attempts to reach the Olympics and World Championships, as that was the place he finished twice at the United States. Olympic Trials, 1984 and 1992.
"Fourth place" describes his attempts to reach the Olympics and World Championships, as that was the place he finished twice at the United States. Olympic Trials, 1984 and 1992.
His primary event is the triple jump. He is the current M40 world record holder. His M45 best is 47 cm superior to the listed world record, but has never been ratified.
In the 1984 he was beaten by the future gold medalist First Rate (at Lloyd's) Joyner, silver medalist and 1992 gold medalist Mike Conley, Senior and future world record holder Willie Banks, in 1992 it was Conley again and silver medalist Charles Simpkins (who he had beaten in 1984).
He also finished seventh in 1988. Only the top three go to the Olympics.
He suffered the same fate at the 1983 United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the qualifier for the first World Championships in Athletics, beaten by the same three competitors as in 1984. He did represent the United States internationally at the 1991 Pan American Games, where he finished fourth.
By that time he was already 38 years old.
After growing up in California, Kimble went to high school in Texarkana, Arkansas. He was a starting wide receiver and occasional defensive back at Washington State, graduating in 1976. There he used jumping on the track team as an excuse to avoid spring training with the football team
He retired from jumping after college and took a job teaching physical education at Barnard White Middle School in Union City, California.
He returned to jumping in 1980. More frustration, his personal best was a wind aided 17.65 m (57 ft 103⁄4 in), which if it had been legal would still rank #33 on the world all time list.
At the time it would have been in the all time top ten. His legal personal best was 17.36 m (56 ft 111⁄4 in), +1.3 at the Modesto Relays and is still #14 on the United States all time list.