Boris Djerassi
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Birth name | Boris Djerassi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Dov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | February 3, 1952 Hammer thrower ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boris (Dov) Djerassi (born February 3, 1952)
Early life
Boris Djerassi was born in
Sporting career
Djerassi came to the US in the early 1970s enrolling at
Djerassi competed for the United States in the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, as well as in the 1981 Maccabiah Games.[4][2] He won a gold medal in the hammer throw in each Maccabiah.[4][2]
In 1980, he earned one of three berths in the hammer for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but was unable to compete when the USA boycotted the games. Djerassi did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[5] In total, he was three time national champion and four time All-American.[3]
In 1989 Northeastern University later inducted Boris into their Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in the sport of track and field.[6] In 1978 Djerassi also earned an invite to the 1978 World's Strongest Man contest, only the second time it had been held. In this contest he was said to be representing Israel, despite his American citizenship.
Later career
Djerassi went on to become a Track & Field coach
References
- ^ Boris DJERASSI. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-29.
- ^ a b c "U.S. Takes 3 Golds; Soccer Team in Final". The New York Times. July 15, 1981.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Profile at the All-American Chiropractic Center official site". Archived from the original on January 25, 2012.
- ^ a b "U.S. Swimmers Again Dominate Tel Aviv Games". The New York Times. July 19, 1977.
- ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "Boris D. Djerassi (1989) - Varsity Club Hall of Fame". Northeastern University Athletics.