Jim Doehring

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Jim Doehring
Personal information
Born 27 January 1962
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Silver 1992 Barcelona Shot Put
IAAF World Indoor Championships
Silver 1993 Toronto Shot Put

James ("Jim") F. Doehring (born 27 January 1962, in Santa Barbara, California) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the shot put.

He competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain where he won the silver medal in the men's shot put. At the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won again the silver medal in the men's shot put. Previously he finished in eleventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and later he tested positive for a banned steroids.

See also

  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References


World Best Year Performance in Men's Shot Put
1876-1878
New York Athletic Club
  • 1876-78: Henry Buermeyer
1879-1888
NAAAA
  • 1879-80: A.W. Adams
  • 1881-86: Frank Lambrecht
  • 1887: George Gray/Frank Lambrecht
  • 1888Note 1: Frank Lambrecht
1888-1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1980-1992
The Athletics Congress
1993-onwards
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
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