Bill Ashenfelter

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William Nyman "Bill" Ashenfelter (born October 16, 1924 in Collegeville , Pennsylvania , † June 4, 2010 in West Chester , Pennsylvania) is a former American long-distance runner and the younger brother of Horace Ashenfelter . They both qualified for the 1952 Olympics . Bill was eliminated in the preliminary run, Horace won the gold medal with a world record in the 3000 meter obstacle course . He practiced pure interval training and mostly trained with his brother, who was only a year older, at Pennsylvania State University . Bill became an American master of the AAU 1954 steeplechase and set in 1952 with Reggie Pearman , John Barnes and Mal Whitfield set a world record in the 4 x 800-meter relay with 7: 29.2 minutes in London on his way to Helsinki on .

During World War II he was with the 33rd Field Artillery Battalion in Germany. After the sporting career and a degree in business administration , he worked for the National Gypsum Company , before he with the construction company Ashenfelter Associates Inc. became independent. He was a Freemason and belonged to Warren Lodge # 310 .

He served on the Malvern , Pennsylvania City Council for many years .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Nyman Ashenfelter . Retrieved February 1, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Arnd Krüger : Many roads lead to Olympia. The changes in training systems for medium and long distance runners (1850–1997). In: N. Gissel (Hrsg.): Sporting performance in change . Czwalina, Hamburg 1998, pp. 41-56.
  3. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/3000mSC.aspx
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/bill-ashenfelter-1.html
  5. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mainlinemedianews/obituary.aspx?n=william-nyman-ashenfelter&pid=143591883 auf. 1st February 2017
personal data
SURNAME Ashenfelter, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ashenfelter, William Nyman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Collegeville, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH June 4th 2010
Place of death West Chester, Pennsylvania