Cy Young (athlete)

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Cy Young (actually Cyrus J. Young Jr .; * July 23, 1928 in Modesto ; † December 6, 2017 there ) was an American javelin thrower who became Olympic champion in 1952 .

He is the only American who could win Olympic gold in this discipline. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , he and his compatriot Bill Miller ended Finnish supremacy when they left Toivo Hyytiäinen only the bronze medal. The Finn was the most consistent thrower - five of his six attempts were further than 70 meters - but only the two Americans surpassed the 72 and 73 meter mark:

  • Young: 73.78-72.80-71.93
  • Miller: 72.46-71.65-70.45

Four years later, Young won his only US championship with a good 75.57 m and threw at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 in qualifying with 74.76 m Olympic record. In the final, however, he failed: His best distance of 68.45 m brought him only to 11th place. But even his personal best of 79.16 m achieved in the same year would not have earned him a medal in Melbourne, as the third-placed, Wiktor Zybulenko from the USSR, 79.50 m threw.

Web links

  • Cy Young in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.modbee.com/sports/article188897524.html
personal data
SURNAME Young, Cy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young Jr., Cyrus J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American javelin thrower
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Modesto
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2017
Place of death Modesto