James Quinn (athlete)

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James "Jimmy" Quinn (born September 9, 1906 in Brooklyn , New York , NY , † July 12, 2004 in Cranston , Rhode Island ) was an American athlete and Olympic champion .

A student at the College of the Holy Cross , a Jesuit college in Worcester , Massachusetts , Quinn won the IC4A championships over 100 yards in 1928 . In the same year he won the IX. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, together with his teammates Frank Wykoff , Charles Borah and Henry Russell, he won the team gold medal with a new world record time of 41.0 s, ahead of the teams from Germany (silver) and Great Britain (bronze).

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SURNAME Quinn, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quinn, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2004
Place of death Cranston (Rhode Island)