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LWV League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
San Mateo County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Sammy Goldberg

Candidate for
Member, Board of Trustees; San Mateo County Board of Education; Trustee Area #4

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· Occupation: U.S. National Decathlon Training Center (head coach-running events/cross-county) retired;

· Director (1st) Northern California Special Olympics Track and Field Championships

·Author-"The Fib Factory-the selling of Aerobics...America's #1 Fat-Loss Hoax

·Professional golf instructor and Fitness Industry entrepreneur(formerly managed "The BodyWorks fitness specialty shop(s)

·World record holder Net-points* scored-DECATHLON

·Assistant to San Francisco Deputy District Attorney, Casey Bates/Criminal Division/ one year Paralegal Internship,Canada College/Paralegal Certificate(1998-99)

·National Dean's List/4.0 GPA-Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

·Additional Coaching Experiences Assistant coach Track/Field SFCC, Laney College Head Coach girls track De Anza High School

  • Net-points are the difference in points between the athletes first official score and their best ever official marks.

  • Note, net points are used to measure as well as compare each decathlete's progress in mastery at retirement. According to Track and Field New, the "Bible of Track and Field", Coach Goldberg has for the last 37 years, remained the only decathlete in history to have broken the 3000 net-point ceiling. The names of those who trail include Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson, Bruce Jenner, Bill Tomey, Russ Hodge, Dan O'brien, Chris Huggins, Milt Campbell, Tom Waddell, Rick Sloan, Jeff Bennett

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