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Jay Silvester (born July 27, 1937 in Trementon , Utah ) is a retired American athlete who was successful in discus throwing in the 1960s and 1970s. It had increased continuously since the late 1950s:

year 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Width (m) 52.54 55.37 56.08 58.19 60.72 60.85 62.37

In the shadow of Al Oerter , however, he only won four American championships:

year 1961 1963 1968 1972
Width (m) 59.64 60.64 62.10 64.32

Career

On August 11, 1961 in Frankfurt he achieved his first official throw over 60 m with 60.56 m. (His two compatriots Rink Babka and Al Oerter had already achieved distances of over 61 m, but due to formal errors they were not recognized as a world record). A little later, on August 20, 1961 in Brussels , he set the second world record with 60.72 m. On September 9, 1961, Jay Silvester threw a sensational 64.06 m in Los Angeles , which had to be denied recognition as a world record because the terrain was sloping. On April 27, 1963 he even scored 65.20 m - when throwing in. For this he managed a regular 60 m throw at the British AAA Championships in London in 1962 (60.85 m), but in the meantime Al Oerter had already set the world record to 61.10 m.

Jay Silvester participated in four Olympic Games. It was almost five, but in 1960 he had to stay at home as fourth in the US eliminations (58.19 m). In 1964 he won the eliminations before Al Oerter , but was in the XVIII. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, his arch-rival took third place in the last round. In the following years he was defeated by Al Oerter 20 times in 33 duels, but experienced a renewed upswing in 1968. After he had improved the two-year-old world record of the Czech Ludvík Daněk twice on May 25, 1968 in Modesto and on September 18, 1968 in Reno with 68.07 m and 68.40 m respectively (his series in Reno : 68.40 m - 66.15 m - invalid - 67.97 m - 63.09 m - 66.75 m), he was considered the favorite for the XIX. 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , especially since he was able to defeat Al Oerter 6 times in 7 encounters, including the Olympic eliminations. In the qualification he threw an Olympic record with 63.34 m. However, he did not get beyond the 61.78 m achieved in the subsequent preliminary fight, so that he was only fifth. At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , the now 35-year-old was finally successful: his best distance of 63.50 m earned him the silver medal.

The fame of being the first 70-meter thrower was denied Jay Silvester twice. The 70.12 m achieved by the Swede Ricky Bruch on April 17, 1971 in Malmö were rightly not recognized, as the discus had turned out to be too easy during the re-weighing. The recognition of the distances achieved by Jay Silvester of 70.38 m (May 16, 1971 in Lancaster ) and 70.04 m (June 10, 1971 in Ystad ) failed due to mere formal errors - the competitions had not been properly registered. In the period that followed, Jay Silvester played 40 more competitions, but he did not succeed in another 70 m throw.

Jay Silvester ended his long career in 1976. In the XXI. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , he was able to reach an Olympic final battle for the fourth time and placed eighth with 61.98 m.

He was successful three times (1961, 1963 and 1970) at the ISTAF in Berlin.

Jay Silvester is 1.89 m tall and weighed 120 kg when he was active.

He worked first as a chemist, then as an insurance agent, and finally as a professor of exercise at Brigham Young University.

successes

Olympic games

World records

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personal data
SURNAME New Year's Eve, Jay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Trementon , Utah