Joie Ray

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Joie Ray (left) and Paavo Nurmi (right) with US President Calvin Coolidge (center), 1925

Joie William Ray (born April 13, 1894 in Kankakee , † May 15, 1978 in Benton Harbor ) was an American middle and long distance runner .

Career

In 1920 he was eighth over 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Antwerp .

In the team race over 3000 m of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, he came in 18th place. Although he delivered a prank result, he was awarded a bronze medal like the rest of the US team.

In 1928 he was third in the Boston Marathon and won the US elimination race for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Amsterdam , in which he came in fifth. He also started over 10,000 m and finished 14th.

Eight times he was US champion in the mile run (1915, 1917-1923) and once each over 880 yards (1919), over five miles (1916) and over 10,000 m (1928). In the hall he won the national title three times each over 1000 yards (1918-1920) and over two miles (1916, 1923, 1924).

Joie Ray was a taxi driver by profession and started for the Illinois Athletic Club.

Personal bests

  • 800 m : 1: 53.0 min, 1924
  • 1500 m (hall): 3: 57.0 min, March 30, 1920, New York City
  • 3000 m (Halle): 8: 31.2 min, 1923
  • 1 mile: 4: 14.4 min, September 13, 1919, Philadelphia
  • 10,000 m: 31: 28.4 min, July 7th 1928, Cambridge
  • Marathon: 2:34:14 h, May 19, 1928, Long Beach

Web links

  • Joie Ray in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
  • USA Track & Field Hall of Fame entry

Footnotes

  1. ↑ gbrathletics: United States Championships (Men 1876-1942)
  2. ↑ gbrathletics: United States Indoor Championships (Men)
personal data
SURNAME Ray, Joie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ray, Joie William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Kankakee
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1978
Place of death Benton Harbor