Gene Cole

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Gene Cole (actually Gerrard Eugene Cole ; born December 18, 1928 in New Lexington , Ohio ; † January 11, 2018 ) was an American sprinter whose special route was the 400-meter distance .

In 1952 he was fifth in the US championship and second in the national eliminations for the Helsinki Olympic Games .

There he reached the semi-finals in the individual competition. In the 4 x 400 meter relay , he was part of the US team that won the silver medal in 3: 04.0 min with the cast of Ollie Matson , Cole, Charles Moore and Mal Whitfield , 0.1 s behind Jamaican relay that set a world record.

Web links

  • Gene Cole in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gene Cole Obituary. In: legacy.com. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Cole, Gene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Gerrard Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH New Lexington , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2018