Charles Greene (athlete)

Charles Greene

Greene in 1970
Personal information
Born	(1945-03-21)March 21, 1945 Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	March 14, 2022(2022-03-14) (aged 76) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprint
Club	Cornhusker Track Club
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 4x100 m relay 1968 Mexico City 100 m

Charles Edward "Charlie" Greene (March 21, 1945 – March 14, 2022) was an American track and field sprinter and winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Born in

Greene won the

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, Greene felt pain in his left hamstring late in the race and was third in the 100-meter dash. He was the fastest man in the trials and semifinals, but before the final race he was injured although started anyway with a bandaged leg. Despite the injury, he also led off the American 4 × 100 metres relay team which won the gold medal and set a new world record of 38.24 seconds.^[3]

Following his athletic career, Greene became a United States Army officer, serving as the sprint coach at West Point and head coach of the All-Army team. After retiring from the Army with the rank of Major, he became a director for Special Olympics International.

In 2007, Charles Greene became the sprints coach at Lincoln Northeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. He coached multiple state qualifiers in his first year along with the state's third-place 4 × 100 metres relay team of Logan Reising, Brian May, Tory Berks, and AJ Robinson.

Greene, who spent most of his childhood in Seattle, Washington, was slowed down later in life due to a number of medical complications and surgeries. He died in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 14, 2022, at the age of 76.^[4][5][6]

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• Charles Greene at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)