Arnie Robinson
Arnie Robinson ( Clarence Earl Robinson Jr .; born April 7, 1948 in San Diego , California ) is a retired American athlete in the long jump . With a height of 1.88 m, his competition weight was 74 kg.
Arnie Robinson took third place at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich with 8.03 meters behind his compatriot Randy Williams and Hans Baumgartner (Federal Republic).
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he won 8.35 meters ahead of Randy Williams.
Arnie Robinson won the Amateur Athletic Union long jump title six times , something only DeHart Hubbard and Ralph Boston had achieved before him .
literature
- Bill Mallon & Ian Buchanan : Quest for Gold. New York City 1984, ISBN 0-88011-217-4 .
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics. German Society for Athletics Documentation eV, Berlin 1999.
Web links
- Arnie Robinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Olympic champion in long jump
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1896: Ellery Clark • 1900: Alvin Kraenzlein • 1904: Meyer Prinstein • Interludes 1906: Meyer Prinstein • 1908: Frank Irons • 1912: Albert Gutterson • 1920: William Petersson • 1924: DeHart Hubbard • 1928: Ed Hamm • 1932: Ed Gordon • 1936: Jesse Owens • 1948: Willie Steele • 1952: Jerome Biffle • 1956: Greg Bell • 1960: Ralph Boston • 1964: Lynn Davies • 1968: Bob Beamon • 1972: Randy Williams • 1976: Arnie Robinson • 1980: Lutz Dombrowski • 1984: Carl Lewis • 1988: Carl Lewis • 1992: Carl Lewis • 1996: Carl Lewis • 2000: Iván Pedroso • 2004: Dwight Phillips • 2008: Irving Saladino • 2012: Greg Rutherford • 2016: Jeff Henderson |
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| SURNAME | Robinson, Arnie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robinson Jr., Clarence Earl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long jumper and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego , California |