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Edward Lansing Gordon Jr. (July 1, 1908 – September 5, 1971) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the long jump.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
	1932 Los Angeles	Long jump

He was born in Jackson, Mississippi and died in Detroit, Michigan.

Gordon was a student-athlete and graduated from the University of Iowa.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished seventh in the long jump competition.

He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the long jump.

His son Edward Lansing Gordon III is the current host of Our World with Black Enterprise and has worked for BET, CBS News, NBC News, and NPR.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Gordon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11.

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- [en] Ed Gordon (athlete)

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[fr] Ed Gordon

Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr. dit Ed Gordon (né le 1er juillet 1908 à Jackson (Mississippi)- mort le 5 septembre 1971 à Détroit) était un athlète américain, spécialiste du saut en longueur.

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[it] Ed Gordon

Edward Lansing Gordon Jr., detto Ed (Jackson, 1º luglio 1908 – Detroit, 5 settembre 1971), è stato un lunghista statunitense, vincitore della medaglia d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Los Angeles 1932.

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