Jerome Biffle
Denver, Colorado, U.S. | |||||||||
| Died | September 4, 2002 (aged 74) Denver, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||
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| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump, high jump, sprint | ||||||||
| Club | U.S. Army | ||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | LJ – 7.81 m (1950) HJ – 1.981 m (1948) 100 yd – 9.6 (1948) 100 m – 10.4 (1952)[1][2] | ||||||||
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Jerome Cousins Biffle (March 20, 1928 – September 4, 2002) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump, where he was the Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.
Biffle was born in
Track and Field News top collegiate track star. After graduating from university, he joined the U.S. Army in 1951. Next year he earned a spot on the 1952 U.S. Olympic team and won a gold medal on his final attempt in the Olympic final, jumping 7.57 meters (24 feet, 10 inches).[1]
He retired from competition in 1953.
Biffle later became a track coach and youth counselor at Denver East. In conjunction with Murray S. Hoffman, MD (President of the Colorado Heart Association) and Marilyn Van Derbur (1958 Miss America) he worked with the Colorado Heart Association to establish one of the earliest jogging programs to promote heart health. He died in Denver in 2002 from pulmonary fibrosis.
References
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- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jerome Biffle Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ Jerome Biffle. trackfield.brinkster.net
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