John Kuck

John Kuck, 1928

John Henry Kuck (born April 30, 1905 in Wilson , Kansas , † September 21, 1986 in Halstead (Kansas) ) was an American athlete . With a height of 1.90 m, his competition weight was 102 kg.

In 1926, John Kuck became the amateur athletic union (AAU) champion in javelin throwing and threw a US record of 65.63 m. In 1927 he won the shot put title . In the spring of 1928 he hit with 15.55 m and 15.59 m twice further than Ralph Rose in his world record in 1909. Both performances were not officially recognized and so the German Emil Hirschfeld improved the world record to 15.79 m on May 6th .

At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, John Kuck won the shot put on July 29 with a new world record of 15.87 m. Second was his compatriot Herman Brix , who had led until Kuck's fifth attempt with 15.75 m. Emil Hirschfeld was third with 15.72 m.

Shortly after the Olympic Games, Emil Hirschfeld replaced John Kuck as world record holder when he reached 16.04 m on August 26th.

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Little is known about the date of death of John Kuck. The year 1986 can usually be found on the Internet. According to zur Megede, Kuck died in 1936.

literature

• Manfred Holzhausen: World records and world record holders, shot put and discus throw , Grevenbroich 2000
• Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold , New York 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

Web links

• John Kuck in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• John Kuck in the Kansas Hall of Fame