Llewellyn Starks

Llewellyn Starks (born February 10, 1967) is a retired male long jumper who competed for the United States in the 1980s and early-1990s. He was a silver medalist at the Pan American Games in 1991, and a bronze medalist at the US National Championships in 1989 and 1990. He set his personal best of 8.50 metres on July 7, 1991 at a meet in Rhede, Germany. Starks' career came to a shocking end when he suffered a compound fracture to his right leg during a jump at the 1992 New York Games.^[1]

Starks won the long jump event at the 1990 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, setting a school record of 8.24 m for the Louisiana State University Tigers.^[2]

Starks is a 1985 graduate of Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jonesboro, Louisiana. He was also a member of the Louisiana State University track and field team.

Starks was coached by Dan Pfaff, who also coached Donovan Bailey and Obadele Thompson among others.^[3]

• Profile

• Llewellyn Starks at World Athletics
• Image of fracture in 1992