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Gerry Ashworth
Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) an American former athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
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| Full name | Gerald Howard Ashworth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1942 (age 81) Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Ashworth is Jewish.[2][3] In 1961 he tied the world mark with a 6.1 in the 60-yard dash.[4]
He won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following year he ran in the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal in the 4x100, and a gold medal in the 400 m relay.[5][6][7]
Ashworth attended Dartmouth College. He ran the second leg of the gold medal performance of the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 39.0 at the Tokyo Olympics. Paul Drayton, Richard Stebbins and Bob Hayes ran the other legs.
He later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "U.S. RELAY TEAMS SNAP 2 RECORDS; Runners Score in Tel Aviv as Maccabiah Games End". The New York Times. September 1965.
- ^ "Seventh Maccabiah Games Open Tomorrow In Ramat Gan Stadium". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. August 22, 1965.
- ^ Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. ISBN 9781574882841.
- ^ "Gerald Howard Ashworth". www.jewishsports.net.
- ^ "U.S. RELAY TEAMS SNAP 2 RECORDS; Runners Score in Tel Aviv as Maccabiah Games End". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Seventh Maccabiah Games Open Tomorrow In Ramat Gan Stadium". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. August 22, 1965.
- ^ "U.S. Vaulters Fail to Win Maccabiah Action". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. August 30, 1965.
- ^ "1963 | Dartmouth Alumni Magazine | APRIL 1984".
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
- Biography, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Former Olympian from Maine recalls gold medal experience, Seacoast Online, Aug 14, 2008