Jerome Biffle

Jerome Cousins ​​Biffle (born March 20, 1928 in Denver , Colorado , † September 4, 2002 , ibid) was an American athlete . With a height of 1.84 m, his competition weight was 79 kg.

Jerome Biffle was successful in sprinting, high jump , long jump, and American football in high school . In 1950 he was champion of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the long jump. In 1951 he went to the Army.

In 1952 he was runner-up in the US Trials for the Olympic Games . In Helsinki he won the competition with 7.57 meters, four centimeters ahead of his compatriot Meredith Gourdine , who had beaten him in the trials.

After his career, Biffle served in the Denver school administration.

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