Lindy Remigino

Lindy Remigino
Full name	Lindy John Remigino
nation	United States
birthday	June 3, 1931
place of birth	new York
size	173 cm
Weight	67 kg
date of death	11th July 2018
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	10.4 s ( 100 m )
society	New York Athletic Club
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold Helsinki 1952 100 m gold Helsinki 1952 4 × 100 m

Lindy John Remigino (born June 3, 1931 in New York - † July 11, 2018 ) was an American sprinter . At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 he was a two-time Olympic champion.

biography

Even Remigino's qualification for the Olympic Games came as a surprise: although he had not performed very well in previous years, he came second in the Olympic qualifications, the so-called Trials.

The 100 meter Olympic final in Helsinki was one of the most exciting decisions in the history of the Games. All six runners were almost on par with a time between 10.4 and 10.5 seconds. At first the Jamaican Herb McKenley seemed to be the winner, but the evaluation of the target photo finally showed Remigino as the winner. Over the course of the games, Remigino won a second gold medal with the US team in the 4 x 100 meter relay .

After his athletic career, Remigino became a high school athletics coach.

Web links

• Lindy Remigino in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lindy Remigino, 1952 Olympic 100m champion, this at 87. In: nbcsports.com. July 12, 2018, accessed on July 13, 2018 .