Sim Iness
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Born | July 9, 1930 Keota, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | May 23, 1996 (aged 65) Porterville, California, U.S. | |||||||||||
Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | |||||||||||
Club | LAAC, Los Angeles | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 57.93 m (1953)[1][2] | |||||||||||
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Simeon "Sim" Garland Iness (July 9, 1930 – May 23, 1996) was an American discus thrower who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, breaking the Olympic record several times in the process.[1] Next year he set a new world record at 57.93 m.[2]
Early life and education
As a child of sharecroppers, in 1934 his family left Oklahoma due to the onset of the dust bowl and moved to the small San Joaquin Valley town of Tulare, California. There he became lifelong friends with classmate and teammate at Tulare Union High School and Olympic teammate, decathlon champion Bob Mathias. Weeks after his high school graduation, and on his 18th birthday, Iness placed sixth in the discus in the 1948 Olympic Trials.[1]
Iness first attended college at
Career
Iness competed for the United States in the
He was an Olympic torch bearer for the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics.After his Olympic and world record triumph, Iness worked the rest of his life as a high school and college physical education teacher, track and football coach,[1] and education counselor. "Sim Iness Gymnasium" can be found on the campus of Sim's alma-mater, Tulare Union High School. The Sim Iness Collection is housed at the Tulare City Historical Museum.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Sim Iness . sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Simeon Iness. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Beta-Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ Sim Iness. IMDb