John Carlos
John Carlos (born June 5, 1945 in Harlem , New York City ) is a retired American athlete and Olympian.
At the XIX. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he won the bronze medal in the 200-meter run behind the American Tommie Smith and the Australian Peter Norman . However, on the day of the award ceremony, October 16, 1968, Carlos and his teammate Smith were dismissed from the US Olympic Committee and asked to leave the Olympic village , as both of them raised their black-gloved fists in protest during the award ceremony , the former Symbol of the Afro-American civil rights movement Black Power , which was directed against the discrimination of the Afro-American population. The Australian Peter Norman, an avowed opponent of the White Australia Policy , also wore a solidarity badge.
His best time of 19.92 s (at the Olympic elimination in 1968) was never recognized because it was achieved with so-called brush shoes . 1969 was his most successful year in sport. He set a new world record over 100 yards with 9.1 s , won the 220 yards at the AAU championships and won the NCAA championships with wins over the 100 and 220 yards and as a member of the 4-by-110-yard Season. He also won gold at the Pan American Games in 1967 in Winnipeg , Canada in the 200-meter run and set a new world record over 60 and 220 yards at the indoor championships. In his further athletic career he was a professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL , but where his one-year contract was not renewed due to a knee injury. He then played in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts .
After he left football, he worked for the sporting goods manufacturer Puma , for the US National Olympic Committee and for the city of Los Angeles . It had been a long time before the American public made peace with him. In 1985 he was consultant in school athletics questions and trainer at the high school in Palm Springs , California . In 2003 Carlos was inducted into the National Athletics Hall of Fame . The changed circumstances turned an anti-hero into a hero.
The Australian sprinter Peter Norman died on October 3, 2006 at the age of 64. Smith and Carlos were among his pallbearers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The year - October to December 1968: The Olympic Games in Mexico begin on October 12 ...
- ^ J. Zirin: The John Carlos Story. The Sports Moment That Changed the World . Chicago: Haymarket Books 2011
- ↑ Arnd Krüger , Swantje Scharenberg : Introduction. In: Dies (ed.). Times for heroes - times for celebrities in sports . Münster: LIT 2014, pp. 1–10
- ^ Article on The Age , accessed October 7, 2011: Salute to a champion
Web links
- Interview on the 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BLACK POWER” GESTURE , Die Zeit No. 42 from October 16, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carlos, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American track and field athlete and Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harlem , New York City |