Otis Burrell

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Otis Burrell (born May 9, 1944 in Los Angeles , California ) is a former multiple American high jump master , trainer and university professor.

Life

At the age of 18, Burrell was the best young high jumper in the USA (2.08 m). Since his grades as a graduate of Fremond High School in Los Angeles were insufficient for admission to university, he attended the 'San Fernando Valley Junior College' from 1963 to 1965. He then received a full sports scholarship at the University of Nevada at Reno , which he He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports science in 1968. He then returned to Los Angeles and started fortasn for the Southern California Striders . He was American high jump champion in 1965–1967 and 1969. In the 1968 US Olympic Trials (athletics) , however, he was only fourth After finishing 2nd at the championships shortly before, his personal best was 2.19 m (1969). After various activities as a physical education teacher in high school, he was the national coach for Nigeria from 1977 to 1979 for high jump, in then assistant athletics coach at the University of Nevada, from 1990 to 1995 national coach high jump in Saudi Arabia , before marriage he returned to Washington as a high school coach in the US. From 2008 to 2012 he was a track and field trainer at Santa Monica City College , where he also taught at the sports institute. In 2013 he also started in age group athletics.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California · Page 25. In: newspapers.com. Newspapers.com, accessed November 16, 2016 .
  2. ↑ History of US Nationals Results: High Jump - Men. (No longer available online.) In: trackandfieldnews.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016 ; accessed on November 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trackandfieldnews.com
  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : The American sport between isolationism and internationalism . In: competitive sport . Volume 18. No. 1 , 1988, p. 43-47 .
  4. ^ Arnd Krüger : The American sport between isolationism and internationalism . In: competitive sport . Volume 18. No. 2 , 1988, p. 47-50 .
  5. ↑ Otis Burrell in the trackfield.brinkster.net database , accessed on November 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ 1960s star Otis Burrell back high jumping - at Western Regionals . In: masterstrack.com . June 20, 2013 (English, masterstrack.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Burrell, Otis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California