Edward Gourdin
Edward Gourdin ( Edward Orval "Ned" Gourdin ; born August 10, 1897 in Jacksonville , Florida , † June 21, 1966 in Quincy , Massachusetts ) was an American athlete and lawyer .
On July 23, 1921 Edward Gourdin won in a comparison match between the US ( Harvard and Yale ) and British universities ( Oxford and Cambridge ) in Cambridge , Massachusetts in both the sprint and the long jump against the Englishman Harold Abrahams . In the long jump, Gourdin came to 7.69 meters, with which he improved the 20-year-old world record of Irishman Peter O'Connor by eight centimeters.
In 1921 Gourdin was AAU champion in long jump and pentathlon , in 1922 he was able to win the pentathlon title again. In time for the 1924 Olympics , Gourdin got back into shape and finished second behind his compatriot DeHart Hubbard with 7.27 meters .
Gourdin then devoted himself to his profession as a lawyer. He was admitted to Massachusetts in 1925 and in federal court in 1931. In 1936 Gourdin became a public prosecutor; In 1958 he was appointed by Governor Foster Furcolo as the first African-American judge to the Superior Court of Massachusetts, where he remained until his death in 1966.
literature
- Manfred Holzhausen: world records and world record holder. High jump / long jump. Self-published, Grevenbroich 1999
- Bill Mallon & Ian Buchanan : Quest for Gold. The encyclopedia of American olympians. Leisure Press, New York 1984, ISBN 0-88011-217-4 .
Web links
- Edward Gourdin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gourdin, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gourdin, Edward Orval (full name); Gourdin, Ned |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American long jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jacksonville , Florida |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1966 |
| Place of death | Quincy , Massachusetts |