Morgan Groth

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Morgan Groth (born August 31, 1943 in Martinez (California) ) is a former American medium stretcher who took part in the 1964 Olympic Games .

Life

After a successful career at Alhambra High School in Martinez, Groth received an athletic scholarship from Oregon State University under coach Sam Bell , who made him win the Olympic Trials as a 21-year-old with high-intensity tempo runs . At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in October 1964, however, he was no longer in good shape because he had incorrectly periodized . Oregon State University had also set a world record with him with 7: 18.9 minutes in the 4-by-880-yard relay and he won the race for the ten best American mile runners of the year in Los Angeles . On August 15, 1964, he had also won an invitation race in Kingston (Jamaica) in a personal best of 1: 45.7 minutes. After college, he volunteered for the US Marine Corps and started for the Quantico Marines. He then worked as an insurance broker in West Linn, Oregon , a southern suburb of Portland , Oregon , until his retirement .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/morgan-groth-1.html on . 4th March 2017
  2. ^ Arnd Krüger : Periodization or Peaking at the right time. In: Track Technique. 54, 1973, pp. 1720-1724.
  3. ↑ http://www.thegreatdistancerunners.de/800malltime.html on . 4th March 2017
personal data
SURNAME Groth, Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American middle distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Martinez (California)