Adolph Plummer
Adolph Plummer (born January 3, 1938 in Brooklyn , New York , † November 30, 2015 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American 400 m runner who set the world record in 1963 .
Life
When he was 17, Plummer signed up for the US Air Force . Only here did he come to athletics and got as a sprinter (100 yards in 9.3 s = approx. 100 m in 10.2 s) for four years a scholarship at the University of New Mexico Albuquerque (UNM), where he worked from 1959 to 1963 studied and completed his BA as a sports teacher. On May 25, 1963 he ran a world record over 440 yards, the last time that the record over the longer yard distance also represented the world record over the shorter meter distance (402.34 m). Due to an injury, he did not get to qualify for the 1964 Olympic Games. In 1965 he came back as a 200m runner, won the American championship and topped the world rankings. After graduation, he moved to Denver, where he worked his way up from teacher to assistant principal and for worried that the lifting of racial segregation in the school system Denver went smoothly. From 1991 to 1993 he was the UNM's deputy sports director.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://research.omicsgroup.org/index.php/Adolph_Plummer
- ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 17th June 2016
- ↑ http://www.golobos.com/news/2015/12/1/TRACK_1201155209.aspx?path=track
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plummer, Adolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plummer, Adolphe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2015 |
| Place of death | Denver , Colorado , United States |