Jud Logan

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Jud Logan (actually Judson Campbell Logan; born July 19, 1959 in Canton , Ohio ) is a former American hammer thrower .

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he was eliminated from the qualification. In 1985 he was third at the Athletics World Cup in Canberra .

In 1987 he won the Pan American Games in Indianapolis , but failed in the preliminary round of the World Athletics Championships in Rome . Even at the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, he again failed to qualify.

In 1991 a silver medal at the Pan American Games in Havana was followed by a preliminary round at the World Cup in Tokyo . He finished fourth at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​but was disqualified after he was shown to have taken Clenbuterol and banned for four years for doping .

At the 1997 World Cup in Seville, he was eliminated from qualification. In 1998 he finished sixth at the World Cup in Athletics in Johannesburg . In 2000 he was able to qualify for the fourth time for the Olympic Games in Sydney , but did not get beyond the preliminary round.

He was five times US champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992) and once English champion (1989). In the hall he won the US title in weight long throw four times (1984-1986, 1997). In total, he set ten US records, most recently with 81.88 m on April 22, 1988 in State College .

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SURNAME Logan, Jud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Logan, Judson Campbell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hammer thrower
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton , Ohio