sport.wikisort.org - AthleteGregory Curtis Bell (born November 7, 1930) is a former track and field athlete who won the Gold Medal in the Long Jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
American long jumper
For other people named Greg Bell, see Greg Bell (disambiguation).
Greg Bell
 Bell in 1956 |
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Full name | Gregory Curtis Bell |
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Born | November 7, 1930 (1930-11-07) (age 91) Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
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He won three national AAU championships, two NCAA Championships, earned NCAA All-American status three times and was a four-time national AAU All-American. From 1956–1958, he was ranked first in the world in the long jump. He set an NCAA record in the long jump, which stood for seven years, and is a charter member of both the Indiana Track and Field and IU Athletic halls of fame.
Bell was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1988. Following his appearance in the Summer Olympics, he worked as director of dentistry at Logansport State Hospital for over 50 years and retired on 30 May 2020.[1]
Championships
- 1955 AAU: Long Jump (1st)
- 1956 Olympics: Long Jump – 7.83 m (1st)
- 1956 NCAA: Long Jump – (1st)
- 1957 NCAA: Long Jump – 8.10 m (1st)
- 1957 Penn Relays: Long Jump
- 1957 Penn Relays: 100-meter dash
- 1959 Pan American Games: Long Jump (2nd)
Honors
- 1957 Penn Relays: Most Outstanding Athlete
References
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 Olympic champions in men's long jump |
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US National Championship winners in men's long jump |
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1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1876: Isaiah Frazier
- 1877: William Livingston
- 1878: William Willmer
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1879–1888 NAAAA |
- 1879: Frank Kilpatrick
- 1880–81: John Voorhees
- 1882: John Jenkins
- 1883–86: Malcolm Ford
- 1887: Alexander Jordan
- 1888Note 1: Victor Schifferstein
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1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–onwards USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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1956 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Men's track and road athletes | | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Jim Kelly (men's head coach)
- Frank Anderson (men's assistant coach)
- Bob Giegengack (men's assistant coach)
- Jess Mortensen (men's assistant coach)
- Nell Jackson (women's head coach)
- Boo Morcom (women's field event coach)
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На других языках
- [en] Greg Bell (long jumper)
[fr] Greg Bell
Gregory Curtis "Greg" Bell (né le 7 novembre 1930 à Terre Haute) est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut en longueur, champion olympique en 1956.
[it] Greg Bell
Gregory Curtis Bell, detto Greg (Terre Haute, 7 novembre 1930), è un ex lunghista statunitense, vincitore della medaglia d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Melbourne 1956.
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