Renaldo Nehemiah
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| Born | March 24, 1959 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
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| No. 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wide receiver | |||||||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Scotch Plains (NJ) Fanwood | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Maryland | |||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint, hurdles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.24 (1979) 200 m – 20.37 (1979) 110 mH – 12.93 (1981) | |||||||||||||||||
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Renaldo Nehemiah (born March 24, 1959) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 m hurdles. He was ranked number one in the world for four straight years, and is a former world record holder. Nehemiah is the first man to run the event in under 13 seconds. Nehemiah also played pro football in the National Football League (NFL) as a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers from 1982 to 1985, before returning to track and field athletics from 1986 to 1991. After retiring from competition, he has worked in sports management.