Bill Wambach is an American

United States

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 amateur track-and-field athlete who competes at the Masters level. He broke the national high-jump record for the 80-84 year old division with a jump of 1.26 meters (4 feet 1 1/2 inches) at the 2006 Badger State Games

Badger State Games

The Badger State Games are a set of annual Olympic-style competitions for amateur athletes from the state of Wisconsin. It is a member of the National Congress of State Games. The Badger State Games began in 1985 and hold both summer and winter games annually...

. He has been competing in the Badger State Games for many years. He was named the "Male Athlete of the Year" by the National Congress of State Games.IMDB

Wambach was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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. He has lived in Sun Prairie

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

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 since 1978. He is a retired district highway engineer. He is married with six daughters, two sons and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

In the 1940s, he competed as a high jumper for Marquette University

Marquette University

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. Though he once cleared 6 ft. 2 in., he never was a serious threat for breaking the collegiate national record. He keeps fit by biking, cross-country skiing and walking. He says the reason he is doing so well is because "I've just outlived all the good guys who could beat me."

He is one of the two stars of a feature-length documentary film by Andrew Napier called Mary and Bill, featuring Wambach and Mary Stroebe, a 90-year-old woman who runs in Triathlon

Triathlon

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s. The documentary has not yet been released.

He also participates in the Young Eagles

Young Eagles

Young Eagles is a program created by the US Experimental Aircraft Association designed to give children between the ages of 8 to 17 an opportunity to experience flight in a general aviation airplane while educating children about aviation. This program is offered free of charge with donations and...

 program at the EAA AirVenture Museum

EAA AirVenture Museum

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, with which he has given airplane flights to more than 640 children since 1992.