Glenn Davis (athlete)
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nation | United States | ||||||||||||
birthday | September 12, 1934 | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Wellsburg | ||||||||||||
size | 183 cm | ||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg | ||||||||||||
date of death | January 28, 2009 | ||||||||||||
Place of death | Barberton | ||||||||||||
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discipline | Hurdles | ||||||||||||
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Glenn "Ashby Jeep" Davis (born September 12, 1934 in Wellsburg , West Virginia , † January 28, 2009 in Barberton , Ohio ) was an American track and field athlete and 400 meter hurdler . He won three Olympic gold medals in 1956 and 1960.
Career
Davis set a world record over 400 meter hurdles with 49.5 seconds at the US Trials in Los Angeles on June 29, 1956 , making him the first runner to stay below the magical 50-second limit.
He won the three Olympic gold medals in Melbourne (November 24) over the hurdles in 50.1 s in 1956 , in Rome (September 2) over the same distance in 49.3 s in 1960 and as a member of the victorious USA relay over 4 -time 400 meters (September 8th), which ran a world record with 3: 02.2 minutes in the line-up of Jack Yerman , Earl Young , Davis and Otis Davis (before the German season, which with Hans-Joachim Reske , Manfred Kinder , Johannes Kaiser and Carl Kaufmann just behind set a European record with 3: 02.7 min).
Davis was also an excellent 400-meter runner who stayed below the 46-second mark several times on a 1958 European tour. His best time over this distance was 45.7 s over 440 yards (402.67 m), which corresponded to a transit time of 45.4 seconds for 400 meters. This took Davis a place in the top ten in this discipline.
He was 1.83 m tall and weighed 77 kg at competition times.
Davis was a wide receiver in 1960 and 1961 in the team of the Detroit Lions , a team of the National Football League (NFL).
In 2014 he was inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Glenn Davis in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Glenn Davis, 74: Olympic Champion, Coach and Teacher , obituary by Matt Schudel in the Washington Post , January 31, 2009
- Davis football stats
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SURNAME | Davis, Glenn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Glenn Ashby; Davis, jeep |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete (400m hurdler) |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellsburg , West Virginia |
DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2009 |
Place of death | Barberton , Ohio |