Guy Troy
 Troy in 1946 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Guy Kent Troy |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | March 15, 1923 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 2023 (aged 100) near Liberty, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Guy Kent Troy (March 15, 1923 – March 17, 2023) was an American modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Troy was nominated to the United States Military Academy by Florida Senator Charles O. Andrews. He arrived at the academy in July 1943, graduated in 1946,[2] and was assigned to the armor branch of the U.S. Army.[3]
Military career[edit]
Troy returned to West Point in 1951 as commander of the Pentathlon Training Center where he led the Olympic Modern Pentathlon team and competed in the 1952 Olympics Modern Pentathlon event. His other duties included oversight of the last horses at the West Point Riding Hall.[4] Troy retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel.[5]
Civilian career[edit]
After retiring from the military, Troy began a career in farming where he managed the Woodlot Management Equipment Company that raised and sold corn, soybeans, wheat, and trees. He continued his involvement in modern pentathlon serving as secretary and later president of the U.S. Modern Pentathlon Association, vice president of the International Modern Pentathlon Federation, a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Olympic Committee, and president and founder of the Pan American Modern Pentathlon Confederation.[6]
In 2017, Troy reunited with his pentathlon teammates from the 1952 Olympics, Frederick L. Denman and William "Thad" McArthur. The reunion was held on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington at a pistol range similar to the one used by the team during the 1952 Olympics. According to Troy’s son, Kent, who organized the event, the team was unique in that all were in the U.S. Army and two were graduates from USMA thus representing the last all-military U.S. Olympic pentathlon team, the one which was fielded at the 1952 Olympics.[7]
Personal life and death[edit]
Troy had two sons, Guy Kent Jr. (Kent) and Thaddeus W. (Thad), and a daughter, Pamela C. Sims.[8][7] Kent also graduated from USMA.[9]
Troy died near his home in Liberty, North Carolina, on March 17, 2023, two days after turning 100.[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ sports-reference.com.
- ^ Official register 1946, p. 65.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. A-3.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. V-14.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. E-4.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. IX-37.
- ^ a b Dominique 2017.
- ^ a b "Colonel (USA Retired) Guy Kent Troy". Dignity Memorial. March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ McWhorter 1993, p. XI-4.
References[edit]
- Dominique, Bryan Michael (March 14, 2017). "Last All-Military USA Pentathlon Team from 1952 Olympics to Reunite at JBLM". United States Army. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- "Guy Troy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- McWhorter, John C. Jr (1993). United States Military Academy, Class of 1946, A Chronicle of Duty - Honor - Country. Kerrville, Texas: Herring Printing Company. LCCN 93-91386.
- "Official register of the officers and cadets for the academic year ending 30 June 1946". West Point, New York: United States Military Academy. 1946. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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- American centenarians
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- American male modern pentathletes
- Olympic modern pentathletes for the United States
- Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Washington, D.C.
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in modern pentathlon
- Modern pentathletes at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- United States Military Academy alumni