Thomas Jefferson (athlete)
Thomas Theodore Jefferson (born June 8, 1962 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a retired American track and field athlete and Olympian.
Jefferson won the bronze medal in the 200-meter run at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in a personal best of 20.26 seconds behind the other two Americans Carl Lewis (gold) and Kirk Baptiste (silver).
With a height of 1.83 m, his competition weight was 75 kg.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics . Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV
Web links
- Thomas Jefferson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jefferson, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jefferson, Thomas Theodore (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American track and field athlete and Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |