What is Emmit King?
{{Infobox athlete |image= |name=Emmit King |nationality=American |sport=[[Running]] |event=[[Sprint (running)|Sprints]] |club= |collegeteam=[[Alabama Crimson Tide]] |birth_date={{birth date |1959|03|24|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Bessemer, Alabama]], U.S. |death_date= {{Death date and age|2021|11|28|1959|3|24}} |death_place= Bessemer, Alabama, U.S. |height= |weight= |pb='''100 m:''' 10.04 s ([[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] 1988) |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]] | 4×100m Relay}} {{MedalBronze| [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]] | 100 metres}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games|1979 San Juan]] | 100 metres}} }} '''Emmit King''' (March 24, 1959 – November 28, 2021) was an American [[track and field]] [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]]. He won the first bronze medal at the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 World Championships]]. He competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] Olympics. King was shot and killed on November 28, 2021, in [[Bessemer, Alabama]] at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Olympian, Alabama track star Emmit King 1 of 2 men killed in Bessemer shootout |url=https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2021/11/former-olympian-alabama-track-star-emmit-king-1-of-2-men-killed-in-bessemer-shootout.html |access-date=29 November 2021 |publisher=AL.com |date=29 November 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Emmit}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American sprinters]] [[Category:Olympians for the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Alabama]] [[Category:People from Bessemer, Alabama]] [[Category:Murders by firearm in the United States]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}