Billy Gene Pemelton

William Eugene "Billy Gene" Pemelton (born September 5, 1941, in Mercedes, Texas) is a retired American track and field athlete. He represented the United States in the pole vault at the 1964 Olympics where he finished in eighth place. He qualified by finishing third at the United States Olympic Trials. He vaulted collegiately for Abilene Christian University. Prior to that he went to Mercedes High School, winning the Texas State Championship in the 180 yard low hurdles.^[1] After the Olympics, he was the National Indoor Pole Vault Champion in 1965.^[2]

References

^ Billy Gene Pemelton at Sports Reference
^ "USA Track & Field - USA Indoor Track & Field Champions". www.usatf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04.

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's pole vault (pole vault for distance)
Pole vault for distance	1906: Martin Sheridan 1907: Martin Sheridan 1908: Willard McLeod 1909: Harry Babcock 1910: Platt Adams 1911: Harry Babcock 1913: Platt Adams 1914: Platt Adams 1915: Platt Adams
Pole vault	1906: Alfred Carlton Gilbert 1907: Claude Allen 1908: Charles Vezin Jr. 1909: William Happeny (CAN), Harry Babcock (2nd) 1910: William Happeny (CAN), Theodore Babcock (2nd) 1911: Gordon Dukes 1925: Paul Jones 1926: Charles Hoff (NOR), Edwin Myers (2nd) 1927: Sabin Carr 1928: Sabin Carr 1929: Fred Sturdy 1930: Fred Sturdy 1931: Fred Sturdy 1932: Fred Sturdy 1933: Keith Brown, Frank Pierce 1934: Bill Graber 1935: Ray Lowry, Eldon Stutzman, Oscar Sutermeister 1936: David Hunn 1937: Earle Meadows 1938: Richard Ganslen 1939: Cornelius Warmerdam 1940: Earle Meadows 1941: Earle Meadows 1942: Boo Morcom 1943: Cornelius Warmerdam 1944: Jack DeField 1945: Bill Moore 1946: Bill Moore 1947: Guinn Smith 1948: Bob Richards 1949: Boo Morcom 1950: Bob Richards 1951: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Richards 1953: Bob Richards 1954: Jerry Welbourn 1955: Bob Richards 1956: Don Bragg, Bob Richards 1957: Bob Richards 1958: Don Bragg, Bob Gutowski 1959: Don Bragg 1960: Don Bragg 1961: Don Bragg 1962: Henry Wadsworth 1963: Dave Tork 1964: John Uelses 1965: Billy Gene Pemelton 1966: Bob Seagren 1967: Bob Seagren 1968: Dennis Phillips 1969: Peter Chen 1970: Bob Seagren 1971: Dick Railsback 1972: Kjell Isaksson (SWE), Steve Smith (3rd) 1973: Steve Smith 1974: Vic Dias 1975: Roland Carter 1976: Roland Carter 1977: Larry Jessee 1978: Larry Jessee 1979: Dan Ripley 1980: Earl Bell 1981: Thierry Vigneron (FRA), Dan Ripley (3rd) 1982: Billy Olson 1983: Billy Olson 1984: Sergey Bubka (URS), Earl Bell (3rd) 1985: Doug Lytle 1986: Sergey Bubka (URS), Brad Pursley (5th) 1987: Earl Bell 1988: Radion Gataullin (URS), Dave Kenworthy (2nd) 1989: Radion Gataullin (URS), Billy Olson (2nd) 1990: István Bagyula (HUN), Tim Bright (2nd) 1991: Kory Tarpenning 1992: Dean Starkey 1993: Greg West 1994: Kory Tarpenning 1995: Nick Hysong 1996: Pat Manson 1997: Lawrence Johnson 1998: Scott Hennig 1999: Jeff Hartwig 2000: Lawrence Johnson 2001: Lawrence Johnson 2002: Timothy Mack 2003: Derek Miles 2004: Toby Stevenson 2005: Brad Walker 2006: Brad Walker 2007: Jeff Hartwig 2008: Brad Walker 2009: Jeremy Scott 2010: Timothy Mack 2011: Mark Hollis 2012: Brad Walker 2013: Jordan Scott 2014: Mark Hollis 2015: Sam Kendricks 2016: Sam Kendricks 2017: Sam Kendricks 2018: Scott Houston 2019: Andrew Irwin 2020: Matt Ludwig 2022: Chris Nilsen 2023: Sam Kendricks 2024: Chris Nilsen
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field.

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