At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, Greene felt pain in his left hamstring late in the race and was third in the 100-meter dash. He was the fastest man in the trials and semifinals, but before the final race he was injured although started anyway with a bandaged leg. Despite the injury, he also led off the American 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38.24 seconds.[3]
Following his athletic career, Greene became a United States Army officer, serving as the sprint coach at West Point and head coach of the All-Army team. After retiring from the Army with the rank of Major, he became a director for Special Olympics International.
In 2007, Charles Greene became the sprints coach at Lincoln Northeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. He coached multiple state qualifiers in his first year along with the state's third-place 4 × 100 metres relay team of Logan Reising, Brian May, Tory Berks, and AJ Robinson.
Greene, who spent most of his childhood in Seattle, Washington, was slowed down later in life due to a number of medical complications and surgeries. He died in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 14, 2022, at the age of 76.[4][5][6]
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charles, greene, athlete, charles, edward, charlie, greene, march, 1945, march, 2022, american, track, field, sprinter, winner, gold, medal, metres, relay, 1968, summer, olympics, charles, greenegreene, 1970personal, informationborn, 1945, march, 1945pine, blu. Charles Edward Charlie Greene March 21 1945 March 14 2022 was an American track and field sprinter and winner of the gold medal in the 4 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics Charles GreeneGreene in 1970Personal informationBorn 1945 03 21 March 21 1945Pine Bluff Arkansas U S DiedMarch 14 2022 2022 03 14 aged 76 Lincoln Nebraska U S Height1 73 m 5 ft 8 in Weight69 kg 152 lb SportSportSprintClubCornhusker Track ClubMedal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 4x100 m relay 1968 Mexico City 100 m Born in Pine Bluff Arkansas Greene was considered a certain candidate for the 1964 Olympic team but he suffered a muscle pull which held him to a sixth place finish at the Olympic Trials Greene won the 100 yard dash for O Dea High School in Seattle in 1962 and 1963 and also the 220 yard dash in 1963 Greene won the Amateur Athletic Union AAU championships in the 100 yard dash in 1966 and in the 100 meter dash in 1968 At the 1968 AAU Championships Greene tied the 100 m world record twice First in the heats he equaled the world record of 10 0 seconds In the second semifinal he achieved a time of 9 9 seconds the same time which had been run by Jim Hines and Ronnie Ray Smith in the previous race The evening when the three men equaled the world record and several others were very close June 20 1968 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento California has been dubbed by track and field historians as the Night of Speed 1 2 As a University of Nebraska student Greene won the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA championships in the 100 yard dash from 1965 to 1967 and tied the world record at 9 1 seconds At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Greene felt pain in his left hamstring late in the race and was third in the 100 meter dash He was the fastest man in the trials and semifinals but before the final race he was injured although started anyway with a bandaged leg Despite the injury he also led off the American 4 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38 24 seconds 3 Following his athletic career Greene became a United States Army officer serving as the sprint coach at West Point and head coach of the All Army team After retiring from the Army with the rank of Major he became a director for Special Olympics International In 2007 Charles Greene became the sprints coach at Lincoln Northeast High School in Lincoln Nebraska He coached multiple state qualifiers in his first year along with the state s third place 4 100 metres relay team of Logan Reising Brian May Tory Berks and AJ Robinson Greene who spent most of his childhood in Seattle Washington was slowed down later in life due to a number of medical complications and surgeries He died in Lincoln Nebraska on March 14 2022 at the age of 76 4 5 6 References edit Sports Memorabilia Olympics athletics memorabilia Sports Memorabilia Affordable Gift or Investment cricketcollectables net Retrieved July 3 2013 Track amp Field News 100 m of 1968 AAU championship trackandfieldnews com Archived from the original on September 22 2012 Retrieved July 3 2013 Charlie Greene sports reference com Archived from the original on April 17 2020 RIP Charlie Greene 14 March 2022 Olympedia Charlie Greene Charlie Greene legendary Husker sprinter dies at 76 15 March 2022 External links edit nbsp Media related to Charles Greene athlete at Wikimedia Commons Charles Greene at Olympedia Charles Greene at World Athletics nbsp Charles Greene at the USATF Hall of Fame archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Greene athlete amp oldid 1223044880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
