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Full name | William Henry Roetzheim, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | August 7, 1928|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | February 26, 2014 Plant City, Florida, U.S. | (aged 85)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UIC Flames, Florida State Seminoles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968–1973 | Chicago Circle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1974–1985 | UIC Flames | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall | 82–25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Henry Roetzheim, Jr. (August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2014) was an American gymnast, collegiate coach, and administrator.[1] He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] Roetzheim won gold at the 1951 Pan American Games,[3] and he was also an army veteran who served in the Korean War.[4]
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Early life and gymnastics career
Roetzheim was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928.[1] His career in gymnastics began with the Southside Turners.[1] From there, he attended the Navy Pier campus at the University of Illinois Chicago before going to Florida State University.[1]
At Florida State, he became the NCAA Men's Gymnastics All-Round Champion,[5] and led his school to win the team event.[1] Later the same year, Roetzheim travelled to the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires at his own expense.[1] At the games, he won two gold medals, in the individual all-around and horizontal bar,[6][7] along with two silver medals, in the floor and pommel horse.[8][9] During the 1940s and 1950s, Roetzheim went on to win seven AUU titles.[1]
Roetzheim competed at two Olympic Games.[1] Upon selection to his first, the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was the first collegiate freshman to qualify for an Olympic games.[10] He was part of the United States team that finished in seventh place in the team all-round event.[11][12] Four years later, at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, the US team finished in eighth place in the same event.[13][12]
Later life and legacy
From 1955 to 1968, Roetzheim coached high school gymnastics in Illinois.[14] He had 3 Illinois team championships and a further 19 individual state champions.[14][15]
In 1968, Roetzheim became the gymnastics coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, a post he held until 1973.[12] He compiled a record of 82–25 with the team and the following year, he became the athletic director at the University.[16] He oversaw the transition of the school's athletic program to NCAA Division I status in 1981 before leaving the role in 1985.[16]
He was also a judge at four consecutive Summer Olympics from 1984 to 1996.[4][12]
Roetzheim was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1975,[4] the UIC Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990,[16] the National Gymnastics Judges Association Hall of Fame and the Illinois High School Hall of Fame.[17]
Roetzheim died in February 2014 in Plant City, Florida, at the age of 85.[14][18]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Bill Roetzheim". Olympedia. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Roetzheim Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "Bill Roetzheim Bio". Seminoles. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: William Henry Roetzheim". Pant City Observer. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Mr. William Roetzheim, B.S. in Physical Education (1952)" (PDF). The Florida State University. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Pan American Games: Men: All-Around". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Pan American Games: Men: Horizontal Bar". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Pan American Games: Men: Floor". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Pan American Games: Men: Pommel Horse". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011.
- ^ "Don Holder, Bill Roetzheim Olympic Aces". Tallahassee Democrat. May 9, 1952. p. 9. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Team All-Around, Men (1948)". Olympedia. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "William Roetzheim". USA Gym Legacy. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Team All-Around, Men (1952)". Olympedia. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ a b c "William 'Bill' Roetzheim passed away". gymmedia.de. February 28, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ^ Who's Who Gymnastics. United States Gymnastics Federation. 1973. p. 72.
- ^ a b c "UIC Mourns the Loss of Former Athletic Director William Roetzheim". UIC Flames. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Biography: ROETZHEIM, William "Bill"". Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ "Bill Roetzheim". nolefan.org. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
External links
- Bill Roetzheim at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Bill Roetzheim at Olympics.com
- Bill Roetzheim at Olympedia
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