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Gendry | TV adaptation | TV adaptation
thumb|right|upright|Joe Dempsie plays the role of Gendry in the television series Game of Thrones.
Gendry is played by Joe Dempsie in the television adaption of the series of books. Explaining how he got cast for the role:
When I was cast as Gendry, I didn't have any of the physical attributes the part required. I was astounded that I got the role, to be honest. But David and Dan said, "We need to dye his hair black ... and it'd be great you hit the gym before we start filming." So I was told to get in shape.
Dempsie has received positive reviews for his performance as Gendry in the television series. He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2014. |
Gendry | Season 1 | Season 1
Eddard "Ned" Stark tells the smith to send Gendry to him if he ever shows interest in wielding a sword. Gendry shows promise as a smith and makes a helmet in the shape of a bull's head; Eddard compliments the helmet, offering to purchase it. Gendry refuses, to the shame of the master smith. After Ned's arrest and eventual execution, arrangements are made for Yoren of the Night's Watch to take Gendry to the Wall with him. |
Gendry | Season 2 | Season 2
Gendry travels North with Yoren and other Night's Watch recruits, including Arya Stark (disguised as an orphan boy named 'Arry), Lommy Greenhands, Hot Pie and Jaqen H'ghar. During their journey, they are stopped by the Goldcloaks of the City Watch. They demand that Yoren hand Gendry over to them because King Joffrey has ordered that all of his father Robert's bastards be killed. Yoren turns the Goldcloaks away. Later, Gendry forces Arya to reveal her true identity, and is surprised to learn she is Ned Stark's daughter. After the Goldcloaks get help from Ser Amory Lorch and his men, they ambush the travelling party. In the chaos, Yoren is killed. Gendry's life is saved by Arya, who convinces the Goldcloaks that Lommy, who was killed during the attack, was Gendry. Gendry and the rest of the recruits are escorted to Harrenhal, the ruined castle-turned-prison. Ser Gregor Clegane oversees order here, and arbitrarily has many of the prisoners tortured and killed. Gendry is nearly tortured and killed but is saved by the arrival of Lord Tywin Lannister, who chides Clegane's men for their reckless treatment of the prisoners. Due to Jaqen H'ghar's help, Arya, Gendry and Hot Pie are able to escape Harrenhal. |
Gendry | Season 3 | Season 3
As they head towards the Riverlands, the group encounters the Brotherhood Without Banners, a group of outlaws who defend the weak. Inspired, Gendry decides to join the Brotherhood but is betrayed by them when they sell him to Lady Melisandre, as ordered by the Lord of Light. Melisandre later reveals to Gendry that the late King Robert was his father, and that she is bringing him to meet his uncle Stannis at Dragonstone. But in truth, Melisandre and Stannis plan to use Gendry's blood in a magic ritual to create a death curse on the usurpers to his throne, King Joffrey, the King in the North Robb Stark, and King of the Iron Islands Balon Greyjoy. Before they can sacrifice Gendry, Davos Seaworth helps him escape to King's Landing in a rowboat. Unable to swim or row competently, Gendry is nevertheless convinced that the Red Woman has a surer death in store for him, and returns to Westeros' capital by sea. |
Gendry | Season 7 | Season 7
In the years after his escape from Dragonstone, a series of events result in the deaths of the rest of House Baratheon, leaving Gendry as the only person with Baratheon heritage. Gendry returns to work as a blacksmith in King's Landing, hiding in plain sight from the Lannister soldiers and Goldcloaks. Although he reasons that the Lannisters will not think to look for him in the city, he grates at having to manufacture weapons for their army. Gendry is greeted by Davos, who has briefly returned to the capital to smuggle Tyrion to a secret meeting with Jaime and takes the opportunity to find Gendry. He wants Gendry's assistance in the coming war against the White Walkers. Gendry eagerly agrees. After meeting King in the North, Jon Snow, and bonding over their statuses as bastard sons of Robert Baratheon and (allegedly) Ned Stark respectively, they head north to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea. Gendry, alongside Jon, Tormund Giantsbane, Sandor Clegane, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros of Myr and Jorah Mormont, travel beyond the Wall to retrieve a wight to present as evidence to Cersei Lannister of the impending White Walker invasion. Gendry still resents Beric and Thoros for selling him. The group manages to capture a lone wight, but Jon realizes that the rest of the wights are approaching and orders Gendry to run back to Eastwatch to send a raven to Daenerys Targaryen requesting her assistance. After running through the night, Gendry collapses from exhaustion outside Eastwatch, but is rescued by Davos and a group of wildlings, managing to tell them of Jon's warning. |
Gendry | Season 8 | Season 8
Gendry joins Daenerys' army as they camp at Winterfell in anticipation of the White Walkers' attack. Gendry is tasked with smithing weapons from dragonglass, capable of killing the wights. Reunited with Arya, she bids him create a dual-bladed, dragonglass staff. On the eve of the attack, Gendry gives her the weapon and relates his Baratheon heritage to her. Arya inquires of his past romantic liaisons, then expresses her desire to lose her virginity, should they die tomorrow, and they make love. Gendry survives the Long Night and is legitimised a Baratheon by Daenerys, and given lordship of Storm's End. Gendry professes his love to Arya and proposes but Arya declines, not wanting the life of a lady.
Daenerys wrests control of King's Landing from Cersei Lannister, but burns the populace of the city after they surrender to her. Jon tries but fails to dissuade Daenerys from further destruction and ultimately assassinates her. With the deaths of Cersei and Daenerys, Westeros is left without a ruler. Gendry travels to King's Landing along with Westeros' other nobility to decide the future of the Seven Kingdoms. Tyrion proposes that all future kings be elected by the lords and ladies of Westeros instead of the crown being handed down from father to son, and he nominates Bran Stark to be crowned king. Gendry, as the new lord of Storm's End, approves, along with the other lords, unanimously. |
Gendry | References | References |
Gendry | Sources | Sources
Category:A Song of Ice and Fire characters
Category:Fictional adoptees
Category:Fictional knights
Category:Fictional lords and ladies
Category:Fictional revolutionaries
Category:Fictional smiths
Category:Fictional swordfighters in literature
Category:Literary characters introduced in 1996
Category:Male characters in literature
Category:Male characters in television
Category:Orphan characters in literature
Category:Television characters introduced in 2011 |
Gendry | Table of Content | multiple issues, Character description, Storylines, ''A Game of Thrones'', ''A Clash of Kings'', ''A Storm of Swords'', ''A Feast for Crows'', Family tree of House Baratheon, TV adaptation, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 7, Season 8, References, Sources |
Two Quixotes On Wheels | Expand Spanish | Two Quixotes On Wheels (Dos quijotes sobre ruedas) is a 1966 Argentine film. It won many awards. |
Two Quixotes On Wheels | Cast | Cast
Directed by Emilio
Written by Abel Santacruz
Star actors:
Julio Aldama,
Alejandro Anderson,
Ricardo Bauleo |
Two Quixotes On Wheels | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine comedy films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:1960s Argentine films
Category:Films directed by Emilio Vieyra |
Two Quixotes On Wheels | Table of Content | Expand Spanish, Cast, External links |
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1966 film) | Infobox film
| Arm in Arm Down the Street () is a 1966 Argentine and Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Enrique Carreras and starring Rodolfo Bebán, Evangelina Salazar and Susana Campos. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1967 for the best picture of the previous year. |
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1966 film) | Cast | Cast
Rodolfo Bebán
Evangelina Salazar
Susana Campos
Enzo Viena
Luis Tasca
Maruja Gil Quesada
Javier Portales
Lilian Valmar
Rodolfo López Ervilha
Mirtha Dabner |
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1966 film) | References | References |
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1966 film) | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:1966 comedy-drama films
Category:Argentine comedy-drama films
Category:Argentine black-and-white films
Category:Spanish black-and-white films
Category:Spanish comedy-drama films
Category:1960s Argentine films
Category:Films directed by Enrique Carreras
Category:Spanish-language comedy-drama films |
Arm in Arm Down the Street (1966 film) | Table of Content | Infobox film
, Cast, References, External links |
Las Locas del conventillo | more citations needed | Las Locas del conventillo is a 1966 Argentine film scored by Astor Piazzolla. |
Las Locas del conventillo | Cast | Cast
Analía Gadé as Lola
Alberto de Mendoza as Manuel
Vicente Parra as Manolo
Concha Velasco as María (as Conchita Velasco)
José María Ruiz Isasi as José M. Ruiz Isasi
Daniel Santalucía as Daniel Santa Lucía
Raúl Ricutti as Raúl Ricuti
Juan Alberto Domínguez as Juan A. Domínguez
Cacho Espíndola as Óscar Espíndola
Mecha Ortiz as Tía Remedios
Irma Córdoba as Tía Soledad |
Las Locas del conventillo | Bibliography | Bibliography
Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (1995). Un diccionario de films argentinos (in Spanish). Corregidor. . |
Las Locas del conventillo | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine comedy films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Fernando Ayala
Category:1960s Argentine films
Category:Films scored by Astor Piazzolla |
Las Locas del conventillo | Table of Content | more citations needed, Cast, Bibliography, External links |
Hotel alojamiento | more citations needed | Hotel alojamiento is a 1966 Argentine film comedy written by Augusto Giustozzi and Horacio de Dios and directed by Fernando Ayala. |
Hotel alojamiento | Cast | Cast
Emilio Alfaro
Gogó Andreu
Tono Andreu
Rosángela Balbó
Jorge Barreiro
Fina Basser
Guillermo Battaglia
Rodolfo Bebán
María Aurelia Bisutti
Olinda Bozán
Augusto Codecá
Mariel Comber
Rodolfo Crespi
María Concepción César
Cacho Espíndola |
Hotel alojamiento | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine comedy films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Fernando Ayala
Category:1960s Argentine films |
Hotel alojamiento | Table of Content | more citations needed, Cast, External links |
Muchachos impacientes | more citations needed | Muchachos impacientes is a 1966 Argentine film directed by Julio Saraceni. |
Muchachos impacientes | Cast | Cast
Susy Monet as Simonette
Ringo Bonavena as himself
Kitty Johnson as Emily Cranz
Polo Márquez as Raúl Lavié
Marcos Méndez as Marco Antonio Muñiz
Néstor Duval as Juan Ramón |
Muchachos impacientes | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine musical comedy films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Julio Saraceni
Category:1960s Argentine films |
Muchachos impacientes | Table of Content | more citations needed, Cast, External links |
Voy a hablar de la esperanza | Infobox film
| Voy a hablar de la esperanza is a 1966 Argentine film directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and starring Alfredo Alcón, Inda Ledesma and Raúl Rossi. |
Voy a hablar de la esperanza | Cast | Cast
Alfredo Alcón
Inda Ledesma
Raúl Rossi
Carlos Borsani
Lydia Lamaison
Horacio Casals
Luis Manuel de la Cuesta
Virginia Lago |
Voy a hablar de la esperanza | References | References
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Voy a hablar de la esperanza | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine drama films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Carlos F. Borcosque
Category:1960s Argentine films |
Voy a hablar de la esperanza | Table of Content | Infobox film
, Cast, References, External links |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | Multiple issues | Fuego en la sangre is a 1966 Argentine film directed by René Cardona Jr. and starring Libertad Leblanc, Julio Aldama, Guillermo Battaglia, and Raúl del Valle. It premiered on March 11, 1965. |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | Plot summary | Plot summary
In a rural setting, the story of a woman juggling numerous romantic pursuits. |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | Cast | Cast
Libertad Leblanc
Julio Aldama
Guillermo Battaglia
Raúl del Valle
Carmen Jimenez
Eduardo Bener
José Orange |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | References | References |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine drama films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:1960s Argentine films
Category:Films directed by René Cardona Jr. |
Fuego en la sangre (1966 film) | Table of Content | Multiple issues, Plot summary, Cast, References, External links |
Hironaka's theorem | # | redirectResolution of singularities |
Hironaka's theorem | Table of Content | # |
Christ on the Mount of Olives | '''Christ on the Mount of Olives''' | Christ on the Mount of Olives may refer to:
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Caravaggio), a painting by Caravaggio
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Paul Gauguin), a painting by Paul Gauguin
Christ on the Mount of Olives (Beethoven), an oratorio by Beethoven |
Christ on the Mount of Olives | See also | See also
Mount of Olives, a mountain ridge east of Jerusalem
Sermon on the Mount, a sermon given by Jesus Christ while on the Mount of Beatitudes, probably somewhere in Galilee |
Christ on the Mount of Olives | Table of Content | '''Christ on the Mount of Olives''', See also |
Eldevig | # | redirect Elduvík |
Eldevig | Table of Content | # |
GReddy | Short description | is a Japanese automotive aftermarket company specialising in performance tuning parts for cars. The company is widely known for its sub-brand of tuning parts GReddy and the turbochargers under this brand. |
GReddy | GReddy/The Trust Company LTD | GReddy/The Trust Company LTD
thumb|Trust Racing's Porsche 962C |
GReddy | The Trust Company | The Trust Company
Founded in Japan in 1977, The Trust Company LTD has become a major player in automotive performance products. With popular brand names like GReddy, GREX, and GRacer, the Trust Company offers one of the widest varieties of performance automotive components. They are most well known for their complete cat-back exhaust systems with unique straight-through muffler design and bolt-on turbocharger kits.
Since 1994, the development and distribution of Trust Company products in the United States has been accomplished by GReddy Performance Products, based in Irvine, California. Trust was unable to use its own name there as it was already copyrighted, therefore they became officially known as GReddy.
In August 2008 the TRUST Company in Japan consolidated their supply of GReddy products throughout Australia and New Zealand which has culminated in the establishment of GReddy Oceania based in Sydney Australia.
In September 2008, Trust declared bankruptcy. In July 2009, Trust emerged from Minji-saisei-hou, the U.S. equivalent of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan |
GReddy | GReddy | GReddy
The division that makes exhaust systems, turbo kits, cooling systems, electronics and accessory lines for Japanese and American cars is named GReddy.
GReddy is pronounced GRED-dy, from the words "GREAT" and "Eddy", as in a strong swirling wind current, referring to the strong swirling intake air of a turbocharger.
The GR in uppercase and the eddy in lowercase to show where the two words were combined. It also works well for the GReddy trademarked logo. |
GReddy | See also | See also
Car tuning
Sport compact
SEMA
Tokyo Auto Salon |
GReddy | References | References
|
GReddy | External links | External links
GReddy Web Page
The Trust Company Web Page
GReddy Oceania Web Page
Category:Automotive companies of Japan
Category:Automotive companies established in 1977
Category:Automotive motorsports and performance companies
Category:Companies based in Chiba Prefecture
Category:Japanese brands
Category:Turbocharger manufacturers |
GReddy | Table of Content | Short description, GReddy/The Trust Company LTD, The Trust Company, GReddy, See also, References, External links |
El Galleguito de la cara sucia | Infobox film
| El Galleguito de la cara sucia is a 1966 Argentine film. |
El Galleguito de la cara sucia | Cast | Cast
Juan Ramón as Francisco "Paco" Ruiz Gonzaga
Nora Cárpena as Laura Videla Osorio
Elena Lucena as Madre de Laura
Eddie Pequenino as Tío Pierre
Mario Savino as Oficial de Justicia
Joe Rígoli as Joaquín Regueiro
Fabio Zerpa as José María
Diego Varzi as Bebe
Cholo Aguirre
Los Iracundos
Julia von Grolman as Mónica
Chunchuna Villafañe as Karina
Wagner Mautone as Gustavo |
El Galleguito de la cara sucia | References | References |
El Galleguito de la cara sucia | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:Argentine comedy-drama films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Category:1960s Argentine films |
El Galleguito de la cara sucia | Table of Content | Infobox film
, Cast, References, External links |
Me and Her | Infobox film
| Me and Her is a 2006 short film jointly commissioned by, the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen and Glasgow Media Access Centre. It is written and directed by Sarah Tripp and stars Karl Davies and Jo Hartley.Official Website - Cast The film follows the lives of two chambermaids working in an inner city hotel and was first screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival. |
Me and Her | Plot | Plot
Coleen, who works as a chambermaid at an inner city hotel, is joined by Damien, who has reluctantly taken a job at the hotel to earn some money during his summer vacation. Whilst working together, they discover an unexpected attraction to one another. It is during their last working day that they confront the significance of this relationship.Official Website Synopsis |
Me and Her | Cast | Cast
Actor Role Karl Davies Damien Jo Hartley Coleen Sandra Adams Chambermaid Mirren Begbie Chambermaid Theresa McPhee Chambermaid Liz Miller Chambermaid Pauline More Chambermaid Doreen Sinclair Chambermaid |
Me and Her | References | References |
Me and Her | External links | External links
Category:2006 films
Category:2000s English-language films |
Me and Her | Table of Content | Infobox film
, Plot, Cast, References, External links |
Animation On Display | Multiple issues | Animation On Display was an animation convention in Santa Clara, California at the Santa Clara Convention Center containing animation screenings, cosplay, panels, guests, vendors, fandom, comics, music and more in reference to East Asian and American culture.
Formerly Anime Overdose and then AOD: The San Francisco Animation Convention, Animation On Display is managed by the Federation for the Promotion of Animation and is a non-profit organization. It is the goal of the FPA to increase awareness and understanding of the art of animation and its related interests in a fun and exciting family-oriented format and to enable those interested in animation to meet and share their interests. |
Animation On Display | History | History
The Anime Overdose convention began in 2003 at Santa Clara University. As the convention expanded, it was moved to the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. Soon joining forces with several other animation themed groups in the area, they decided to create a larger scale event together which started the foundation for AOD. The event was thus named "Animation On Display" in 2007. In 2010 it moved to the Japantown area in San Francisco, where it stayed briefly. before in 2014, moving to The Hyatt in Burlingame, California located near the San Francisco International Airport. In 2016, AOD moved to the Santa Clara Convention Center. The next year, it moved to the Marriott in Santa Clara, California, its final location for 2017. On November 22, 2017, the convention announced on its Facebook page it would be ceasing operations effective immediately. |
Animation On Display | See also | See also
List of multigenre conventions |
Animation On Display | References | References |
Animation On Display | External links | External links
Animation On Display official web site
AOD 2017 on AnimeCons.com
Category:Defunct multigenre conventions
Category:San Francisco Bay Area conventions
Category:Recurring events established in 2003
Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2017 |
Animation On Display | Table of Content | Multiple issues, History, See also, References, External links |
Pimienta (film) | multiple issues | Pimienta is a 1966 Argentine film directed by Carlos Rinaldi. |
Pimienta (film) | Cast | Cast
Patricia Scaliter
Amalia Scaliter |
Pimienta (film) | External links | External links
Category:1966 films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:Films directed by Carlos Rinaldi
Category:Argentine comedy-drama films
Category:1960s Argentine films |
Pimienta (film) | Table of Content | multiple issues, Cast, External links |
Here to Heaven | More citations needed | Here to Heaven is the sole studio album by the American actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler. It was released through Edel and BAB Music on October 16, 2001. It was supported by the release of the single "Cry Baby". |
Here to Heaven | Track listing | Track listing
"Cry Baby"
"Bada Bing"
"Pressure"
"He Wouldn't Listen to My Dreams"
"Ole Ole"
"Little Mr. Heartbreak"
"You Are My Heart (Tu Eres)"
"Giving Up On You"
"Come With Me"
"Sin Ti (Without You)"
"Ole Ole" (Spanish Version)
"Sin Ti (Without You)" (Spanish Version)
"You Are My Heart (Tu Eres)" (Spanish Version) |
Here to Heaven | Charts | Charts
+ Chart performance for Here to Heaven Chart (2001) PeakpositionUS Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) 32US Independent Albums (Billboard) 24 |
Here to Heaven | References | References
Category:2001 debut albums
Category:Jamie-Lynn Sigler albums
Category:Edel Music albums
Category:2000s Spanish-language albums |
Here to Heaven | Table of Content | More citations needed, Track listing, Charts, References |
Hironaka theorem | # | redirectResolution of singularities |
Hironaka theorem | Table of Content | # |
Cómo seducir a una mujer | Infobox film
| Cómo seducir a una mujer (How to Seduce a Woman) is a 1967 Argentine film directed by Ricardo Alventosa with a screenplay by Ricardo Alventosa and Jose Martinez Suarez. |
Cómo seducir a una mujer | Cast | Cast
Ricardo Espalter as Juan Dominguez
Raimundo Soto as Professor Alex
Fernanda Mistral as Executive
Estela Molly as Investigator
Mercedes Harris as Sirvienta
Claudia Sánchez as Widow
Nacha Guevara as La dama del gatito
Elida Marletta as Prostitute
Alba Múgica as Juan's Mother |
Cómo seducir a una mujer | References | References |
Cómo seducir a una mujer | External links | External links
Category:1967 films
Category:Argentine comedy films
Category:1960s Spanish-language films
Category:1960s Argentine films
Category:1967 comedy films
Category:Spanish-language comedy films |
Cómo seducir a una mujer | Table of Content | Infobox film
, Cast, References, External links |
Paul Cummings | Short description | Paul Richard Cummings (5 September 1953 – 17 September 2001) was a world-class middle and long distance runner who ran competitively from the 1,500 meters to the marathon, breaking several American records and one world record.Sumpter Daily News (1983-10-21): pp. 12-A. Retrieved 2010-05-20. His ability to have a middle distance runner's kick and also have the stamina to compete in distances up to the marathon place him as one of the most versatile American track and road racers of his era. |
Paul Cummings | Early life | Early life
Paul Cummings was born in Tempe, Arizona but his family moved to Santa Maria, California when he was 11 years old. Cummings was the third of thirteen children and had ten sisters. Cummings did not always see running as his strength. He played basketball in junior high, and wanted to continue in high school, but failed to make the team. However, when he came in first in his Physical Education class in the mile run, a new opportunity opened up for him; he was asked to join the track team at Ernest Righetti High School, and by his senior year was running the mile in 4:10, the second best time in California, seventh best in the country. Cummings was recruited by several top universities and chose to attend Brigham Young University. |
Paul Cummings | Brigham Young University (1971–1975) | Brigham Young University (1971–1975)
Cummings was named All-American five years in a row while running on the Brigham Young University Track and Cross Country teams. However, after his Freshman year, he was diagnosed with an extra bone in his foot and in order to run again, would have to undergo surgery to remove the bone. Cummings recovered, and by his junior year became the NCAA champion in the mile run. A video of the race can be seen here.. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
Cummings was the first runner from the Intermountain West to break the Four-minute mile barrier.Deseret News (1974-04-04): pp. 2-E. Retrieved 2010-05-20. His personal best for the mile, 3:56.4, was run at his birthplace, Tempe, Arizona on March 16, 1974.TrackandFieldNews.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings was a Latter-day Saint. He wanted to serve a two-year LDS mission, but since LDS Missions are served voluntarily and missionaries serve without compensation, he was unable to raise the required funds. After meeting with LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball, Paul was encouraged to stay in school on an athletic scholarship, earn his degree, and continue to run and compete, sharing his beliefs with those he met through running. Paul did this well and shared his beliefs with many athletes and friends.
BYU Track Coach Clarence Robison said Cummings was "a great performer and has great courage. He's a tenacious, fierce competitor."Cougarclub.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. |
Paul Cummings | Middle distance track racing | Middle distance track racing
Cummings was invited to several of the most prestigious track and field meets during the 1970s. He won events at the Millrose Games, the Sunkist Invitational, the LA Times Indoor Games, the Jack in the Box Indoor Games, the Modesto Relays,SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. and other events.SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
He competed against Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Tony Waldrop, Marty Liquori, Filbert Bayi, Wilson Waigwa, John Walker, Steve Scott, Eamonn Coghlan, Dick Buerkle, and several other top tier runners of the era, besting everyone on this list at least once. He ran in the Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile in 1974, 1975,SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 1976, and 1977, winning the event in 1976 in a Millrose Games record time of 3:57.6.SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
On April 25, 1976, Cummings won the Penn Relays 1500 Meter event at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in 3:38.9.Gettysburg Times (1976-04-26): pp. 10. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
In 1976 he won the 3,000 meter event at Los Angeles's Sunkist Invitational Track Meet in 8:29.6, just five seconds off Steve Prefontaine's American Record set at the same meet the year before.Frankenenterprises.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. In 1977 he won the Sunkist Invitational indoor mile in 3:57.2.SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. Also in 1977, Cummings, representing the US, won the mile at Canada's Tri-Country indoor track and field meet, competing against Canada and the Soviet Union.
In January 1978 at the Muhammad Ali Track and Field Invitational at the Long Beach Arena in California, Cummings broke the indoor American record for the 1500 meters by .4 with a time of 3:39.8.Ellensburg Daily Record. (1978-01-09): pp. 5. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
A year later, in January 1979 at the same Muhammad Ali Track and Field Invitational at the Long Beach Arena in California, both John Walker and Cummings finished under the indoor world record for the 1500 meters by .4 and .2 seconds respectively. Walker set a world record with a time of 3:37.4. Cummings set an American Record with a time of 3:37.6.SportsIllustrated.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.The Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg, VA. (1979-01-08): pp. 9. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings ran at a time when there was very little financial support for athletes after college. When attending track meets, several athletes would share the same hotel room, sleeping on floors, and carpool together to save costs. He worked at a steel mill rebuilding open hearth furnaces to support his family and ran for the Tobias Striders, Beverly Hills Striders and Pacific Coast track clubs to maintain his amateur status. |
Paul Cummings | 1984 US Olympic Team | 1984 US Olympic Team
Hoping to earn a spot on the 1980 US Olympic Team, working out over five hours per day, and working full-time six days a week at a steel mill, Cummings was one of many athletes disappointed by the U.S.'s boycott of the 1980 Moscow Summer Games. Due to work demands and disappointment at the 1980 boycott, Cummings came close to retiring altogether from running. When he was laid off from the mill in late 1980, he began running full-time.Sacramento Bee (1984-12-01): pp. 4. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
In 1984, Cummings won the US Olympic Trials in the 10,000 Meter run in Los Angeles, CA and finally became a member of the US Olympic Team. A video of the race can be seen here.. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
He was able to compete in the 10,000 meter run at the Olympics held in Los Angeles, but did not make the finals. Cummings suffered from allergies that hindered his performance at the games.Deseret News (1992-06-03) Retrieved 2010-05-20.Deseret News (1992-05-24) Retrieved 2010-05-20Deseret News (1990-07-17) Retrieved 2010-05-20. |
Paul Cummings | Road racing, American and World records | Road racing, American and World records
In 1981, Cummings shifted his focus from track to road racing. One of his first marathons was the St. George Marathon, which he won in 2:15.16, a course record that stood until 2017.https://www.stgeorgemarathon.com/info/courserecords/men
Stgeorgemarathon.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. He won the St. George Marathon again in 1982.
Taking advantage of new rules that enabled runners to compete professionally, Cummings represented New Balance shoes beginning in 1982.
On June 5, 1982, Cummings ran his PR in the 5,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic track meet in Eugene, Oregon, running against some of the best American middle distance runners of the time, including Matt Centrowitz, Alberto Salazar and Doug Padilla. He ran towards the front for most of the race and ran 13:19.62, a Personal Record by 9 seconds, and just short of the American Record set by Matt Centrowitz in the same race. The following link shows the entire race on video in two parts. Part 1.. Retrieved 2010-09-22. Part 2.. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
Paul Cummings was very busy and successful running road races in 1983. He ran in the Boston Marathon with the lead pack for the first 10 miles of the race.Runnersworld.com Retrieved 2010-05-20. The following link shows a picture of Paul running with Benji Durden and Greg Meyer (eventual race winner and only American Male to win until 2014).WBUR.ORG Retrieved 2013-05-02. He set an American Record in the 15K by almost 28 seconds at the Cascade Run Off in Portland, Oregon on June 26, 1983.New York Times. (1983-06-27). Retrieved 2010-05-20.Fasterrunning.com Retrieved 2010-05-20. Cummings placed in the top 10 at Spokane Washington's Bloomsday 12K Run (8th in 1983 and 2nd in 1984).Bloomsdayrun.org Retrieved 2010-05-20. Paul also ran in the New York City Marathon in 1983.New York Times Retrieved 2015-09-18.
On September 25, 1983, Cummings set the World Record in the Half marathon at the Dayton River Corridor Classic in Dayton, Ohio, with a time of 1:01:32.Dayton River Corridor Classic Results Archive (09-25-1983). Retrieved 2020-05-24.South Coast Today (05-01-1997). Retrieved 2010-06-04.
Cummings represented Converse shoes beginning in 1984 and was included in Runner's World Magazine's list of the top 20 highest paid runners, ranked 15th worldwide, in 1984.New York Times (1985-05-01). Retrieved 2010-06-04.
Paul's best marathon time came in winning the 1986 Houston Marathon in 2:11:31.Chevronhoustonmarathon.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. His best finish at the Boston Marathon was 8th place overall in 1986.coolrunning.com Retrieved 2013-05-02. In the 1983 Stockholm Marathon, Cummings built up a 1-minute 12 second lead but suffered from cramps during the last 3 miles and narrowly lost to Hugh Jones of Great Britain, coming in 3rd place overall.The Day Retrieved 2015-09-18.
Cummings is the only runner to finish second in San Francisco's Bay to Breakers 12K road race (Guinness World Record largest road race) three years in a row (1984, 1985, and 1986).
On March 15, 1987, Cummings broke the American Record in the 20K, at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in a time of 59.13.HickokSports.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings continued running into his 40s. He won the US Master's National Championship for the Marathon in 1993 at the Twin Cities Marathon.TCMEVENTS.ORG. Retrieved 2012-11-28. He was also awarded the USA Track and Field (USATF) Master's Age Division (Age 40+) Runner of the Year in 1993.USATF.COM. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings won the 1994 Walt Disney World Marathon Master's division in 2:27:50.Disneysportsnews.com Retrieved 2015-09-18.
In 1993 competed at the 1993 Masters National Outdoor Championship winning the M35 1500 meter run.masters history. Retrieved Feb 8, 2023 |
Paul Cummings | Contributions | Contributions
In the 1980s, Cummings, along with fellow Utah world class runners Ed Eyestone and Paul Pilkington started a summer high school high altitude running camp in Park City, Utah which ran for 15 years and helped hundreds of high school runners from across the country reach their potential.Utahrunning.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
In 1990, Cummings created a running video entitled "Running Theory: From Mile to Marathon" that expounded on "Consistency Training" which is an adaptation to Arthur Lydiard's four step "Phase Training". The four components of consistency training include: upper body strength training, endurance training, 70% effort training, and anaerobic capacity training.Runningmovies.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings explored the outer reaches of human endurance in his road race and marathon training, approaching the legendary endurance strategies of Gerry Lindgren. He ran up to 240 miles in one week, training three times a day with runs of 13 miles in the morning, 14 in the afternoon, and another 13 in the evening for six days. He rested on Sundays.Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
Cummings was inducted into the Brigham Young University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.Cougarclub.com. Retrieved 2010-05-20. He was inducted into the Dayton Distance Running Hall of Fame, also in 1986 for his 1983 Half Marathon World Record Performance in Dayton, Ohio. Dayton Distance Running Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-12-08. He was posthumously inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.Utah Sports Hall of Fame at Energy Solutions Arena. Retrieved 2010-09-22. |
Paul Cummings | Death | Death
thumb|Paul Cummings Gravesite, Lehi City Cemetery, Utah
Cummings enjoyed fishing, especially with his best friend Jay Woods. While fishing together on September 17, 2001, their canoe capsized under high winds at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah. He drowned in the accident. Paul was married for 27 years to Debra Gaye Anhder. They were the parents of four children; Heidi, Scott, Holly and Kelly. He is interred at the Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah.Deseret News (2001-09-19). Retrieved 2010-05-20. |
Paul Cummings | Personal records | Personal records
Distance Time Date Location 1,500 meters 3:37.6 (American Record) 12 January 1979 Long Beach, California Mile 3:56.4 16 March 1974 Tempe, Arizona 2 Miles 8:25.2 12 April 1982 Los Angeles, California 3000 meter Steeplechase 8:52.5 26 April 1979 Provo, Utah 3,000 meters 8:29.6 12 February 1976 Los Angeles, California 5,000 meters 13:19.62 5 June 1982 Eugene, Oregon 10,000 meters 27:43.7 28 April 1984 Walnut, California 12 kilometers 34:42 6 May 1984 Spokane, Washington 15 kilometers 42:42 (American Record) 26 June 1983 Portland, Oregon 20 kilometers 59:13 (American Record) 15 March 1987 New Bedford, Massachusetts Half Marathon 1:01.32 (World Record) 25 September 1983 Dayton, Ohio Marathon 2:11.31 19 January 1986 Houston, Texas |
Paul Cummings | Half Marathon World record | Half Marathon World record
RANK1983 WORLD BEST PERFORMERSTIME1.1:01:32 WR |
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