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{{short description|American track and field athlete (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Mike Conley
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| full_name      = Michael Alexander Conley Sr.
| nationality    = American
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1962|10|05}}
| birth_place    = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 6 ft 1 in
| weight         = 170 lb
| sport          = [[Track and field]]
| event          = [[Triple jump]]
| collegeteam    = [[Arkansas Razorbacks]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 Rome]]|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]]|[[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Long Jump|Long jump]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]] | [[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold |[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1989 Budapest]]|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's triple jump|Triple jump]]}}
{{MedalBronze |1989 Budapest|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's long jump|Long jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Goodwill Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 Goodwill Games|1986 Moscow]] | [[Athletics at the 1986 Goodwill Games|Triple jump&nbsp;]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1990 Goodwill Games|1990 Seattle]] | [[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Triple jump&nbsp;]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1994 Goodwill Games|1994 St. Petersburg]] | [[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|Triple jump&nbsp;]] }}
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| updated        = May 5, 2012
}}

'''Michael Alexander Conley Sr.''' (born October 5, 1962) is an American former [[track and field]] athlete who competed primarily in the [[triple jump]] and the [[long jump]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/mike-conley-532 |title=IAAF: Mike CONLEY {{!}} Profile|website=iaaf.org|access-date=August 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Mike Conley |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mike-conley-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203014057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mike-conley-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016 |quote=Full name: Michael Alexander "Mike" Conley}}</ref> In the triple jump, he won an [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medal in [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], silver in [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], and gold in the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championship]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.olympic.org/mike-conley |title=Mike CONLEY – Olympic Athletics &#124; United States of America |website=Olympic.org |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=August 3, 2018 |date=June 14, 2016}}</ref>

Conley's son, [[Mike Conley Jr.]], is a professional [[basketball player]] in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA).

==Competitive career==
Conley competed collegiately at the [[Arkansas Razorbacks|University of Arkansas]] where he won 9 [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] long jump and triple jump titles. Conley was ranked #1 in the United States 9 times in the triple jump during his professional career. Conley is the former [[Triple jump|world indoor triple jump]] record holder and he still holds the [[List of United States records in track and field|U.S. indoor record in the triple jump]] at 17.76 meters (58 feet, 3.25 inches).

Conley was ranked #1 in the world 6 times in the Triple Jump during his career and was ranked 8th in the U.S. in the [[200 metres|200 meter dash]] in 1985.
Conley received the USATF [[Jim Thorpe]] Award in 1986 and 1992 as the top field events athlete in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.usatf.org/statistics/awards/TF/JimThorpeAward.asp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208060950/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/awards/TF/JimThorpeAward.asp |date=December 8, 2007 }}</ref>  In 2004, Conley was inducted into the United States [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=199 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=USATF.org |access-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref>

A {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}} [[basketball]] player at the [[point guard]] position in [[Luther High School South]] in [[Chicago]] and in college (only during his [[freshman]] year),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/sports/431067,CST-SPT-conley17.article |title=Chicago &#124; Chicago : News : Politics : Things To Do : Sports |publisher=Suntimes.com |access-date=May 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103071152/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/431067,CST-SPT-conley17.article |archive-date=January 3, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Conley relied on those skills in winning the [[Foot Locker]] Celebrity [[Slam Dunk]] Contest in 1988, 1989 and 1992, where he also made the longest dunk ever, a dunk from 2" behind the free-throw line in the final against Olympic long jumper, [[Mike Powell (long jumper)|Mike Powell]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us415zPebwk |title=When You Accidentally Break A World Record |website=youtube.com |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>

Conley won both the long jump and triple jump titles at the British [[1983 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>

==Post-competitive career==
Conley was president and remains on the board of directors of World Sport Chicago,<ref>[http://www.worldsportchicago.org/about/press-releases/ryan-named-chairman.aspx ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314163118/http://www.worldsportchicago.org/about/press-releases/ryan-named-chairman.aspx |date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref> the "living legacy" of Chicago's 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Bid, that focuses on promoting and developing sport programs and events for the youth of Chicago. Chicago had been selected as the U.S. entry into the bid process. Previously, he was the executive director of Elite Athlete's program for [[USA Track and Field]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intermatwrestle.com/news/newsdisplay.aspx?ID=4890 |title=InterMat Wrestling |website=Intermatwrestle.com |access-date=May 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528230906/http://www.intermatwrestle.com/news/newsdisplay.aspx?ID=4890 |archive-date=May 28, 2015}}</ref>

Conley is presently serving as chairman on the High Performance committee for USATF.

Conley is also CEO of (MMG) a Sports Management Group as well as CEO of hydrogen-infused water company HTWO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheffield |first=Michael |date=October 23, 2015 |title=New energy drink gets its own boost from Conleys |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2015/10/21/new-energy-drink-gets-its-own-boost-from-conleys.html |website=www.bizjournals.com |publisher=Memphis Business Journal |access-date=June 14, 2021}}</ref>

Conley is registered with the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] as an agent and represented his son, [[Mike Conley Jr.]], and his son's Ohio State teammates [[Greg Oden]] and [[Daequan Cook]] when they entered the league and currently represents fellow [[University of Arkansas]] alum [[Isaiah Joe]] of the [[Oklahoma City Thunder]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/info/agent-client-list/Michael-Conley-Sr/84 |title=Agent Client Lists |website=RealGM.com}}</ref>
Oden officially declared for the NBA draft by signing with Mike Sr. as his agent and was subsequently chosen as the number one player in the [[2007 NBA draft]]. Conley Jr. was selected fourth overall. Cook was drafted 21st.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/04/20/oden.draft.ap/index.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423092731/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/ncaa/04/20/oden.draft.ap/index.html |date=April 23, 2007 }}</ref>

==Rankings==
Conley had a particularly long and prolific career and he was considered among the world's best for over a decade.  ''[[Track and Field News]]'' ranked him among the top ten triple jumpers in the world 14 consecutive years (six times as world's best) and seven times in the long jump.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/olympic-results/history-of-olympic-results-triple-jump-men/ |title=History of Olympic Results: Triple Jump – Men – Track & Field News |work=Track & Field News |access-date=August 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/ljusbyathlete.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516191657/http://trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/men/ljusbyathlete.pdf |date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>

Conley was ranked 8th in the U.S. in the [[200 metres|200 meter dash]] in 1985.
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|1982
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| style="text-align:center;"| –
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|1983
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|1984
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 5th
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|1985
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
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| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
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|1986
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
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|1987
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 7th
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
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|1988
| style="text-align:center;"| 5th
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 5th
|-
|1989
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 5th
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
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|1990
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| –
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|1991
| style="text-align:center;"| 3rd
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| –
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|1992
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 8th
| style="text-align:center;"| 6th
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|1993
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| 8th
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|1994
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| –
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|1995
| style="text-align:center;"| 9th
| style="text-align:center;"| 1st
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| style="text-align:center;"| –
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|1996
| style="text-align:center;"| 4th
| style="text-align:center;"| 2nd
| style="text-align:center;"| 8th
| style="text-align:center;"| 6th
|}

==Personal life==
Conley is married to René Corbin Conley and is the father of [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] [[point guard]] [[Mike Conley Jr.]], Jordan Conley, Sydney Conley ([[All-American]] [[long jumper]] at [[Kansas Jayhawks|the University of Kansas]]), and Jon Conley. He is the elder brother of former [[American football]] [[linebacker]] [[Steve Conley (linebacker)|Steve Conley]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|name=Mike Conley}}
* {{USATF|name=Mike Conley}}
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|name=Mike Conley}}
* {{Olympics.com|mike-conley|Mike Conley}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Mike Conley}}

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