The American large additionally secured respective Olympic gold and bronze medals on the Tokyo 1964 and Rome 1960 Video games
Dallas Lengthy, the previous world shot put world record-holder, has died on the age of 84.
The American, who was six foot and 4 inches, set or equalled the world document on an unbelievable seven events, in what was a golden period for the US within the occasion.
Lengthy, who grew up in Arkansas and was coached by Vern Wolfe – a coach that produced six Olympic champions – all through his profession, first discovered fame on the 1959 Santa Barbara Easter Relays.
That’s the place Lengthy equalled Parry O’Brien’s – a double Olympic gold medallist – world document of 19.25m.
O’Brien bettered that mark later within the yr with 19.30m, earlier than Lengthy went even additional the next season with 19.38m.
Tokyo 1964 (Mark Shearman)
Between 1960 and 1962, Lengthy received three successive NCAA titles and in addition claimed an Olympic bronze medal in Rome, with Invoice Nieder taking the gold medal.
Earlier than the Olympics, Nieder and Lengthy saved breaking one another’s world information however only a few years later the latter would dominate the game.
Not solely did Lengthy change into Olympic champion on the Tokyo 1964 Video games however between 1962 and 1964 he set 4 world information, furthering the gap within the shot put from 20.08m to twenty.68m.
Following his retirement from athletics, Lengthy turned a health care provider and dentist. He was inducted into the US Nationwide Observe and Subject Corridor of Fame in 1996.
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