Forgotten White Athletes?
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I used to love watching her wind up, finishing races like a train. To me she was a female precursor to Christophe Lemaitre. Tall, never became a a great starter but had great top end and speed endurance
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and another great with a world record run that still stands after 40 years. I believe she did have some, ahem, assistance but I still can't believe how someone can be so far in front almost instantly
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In my honest opinon Stefan Holm is the greatest high jumper I've ever seen! Why do I say that when he doesn't hold the world records indoors or outdoors? He won countless titles both indoors & outdoors. Stefan Holm is in the Guiness Book of World Records for any Male
High Jumper in the History of the World! No man on earth has ever jumped higher above his height than Holm. Almost 2 feet taller than
his height of 5'11. This is an incredible feat of athletic vertical leap than will never be equaled. So therefore I choose this man who is a
small man that competed in the land of giants and beat them!
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High Jumper in the History of the World! No man on earth has ever jumped higher above his height than Holm. Almost 2 feet taller than
his height of 5'11. This is an incredible feat of athletic vertical leap than will never be equaled. So therefore I choose this man who is a
small man that competed in the land of giants and beat them!
"Too short to be a high jumper" – Holm gifts world indoor title bibs to MOWA | News | Heritage | World Athletics
As Stefan Holm steadied himself for an attempt at 2.36m in Valencia, the Swedish little big man of the high jump was about to measure up to the Cuban giant of his beloved event
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In my honest opinon Stefan Holm is the greatest high jumper I've ever seen! Why do I say that when he doesn't hold the world records indoors or outdoors? He won countless titles both indoors & outdoors. Stefan Holm is in the Guiness Book of World Records for any Male
High Jumper in the History of the World! No man on earth has ever jumped higher above his height than Holm. Almost 2 feet taller than
his height of 5'11. This is an incredible feat of athletic vertical leap than will never be equaled. So therefore I choose this man who is a
small man that competed in the land of giants and beat them!
"Too short to be a high jumper" – Holm gifts world indoor title bibs to MOWA | News | Heritage | World Athletics
As Stefan Holm steadied himself for an attempt at 2.36m in Valencia, the Swedish little big man of the high jump was about to measure up to the Cuban giant of his beloved event
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Bobby Morrow the greatest Olympic Sprinter you've never heard of.
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Bobby Morrow, the greatest Olympic sprinter you've never heard of
David Lengel: American Bobby Morrow won three medals on the track at the 1956 Olympic Games before rapidly falling out of the limelight
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Susanna Kallur, great Swedish hurdler.
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Sanna's world record lives on after 15 years | News | Heritage | World Athletics
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Armin Hary has been mentioned on this thread before but, I don't think what he did in track has been talked about. He might be the fastest sprinter of all time.
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60 years on, Hary recounts his historic 10.0 100m world record | NEWS | World Athletics
Veteran athletics journalist Olaf Brockmann chats with Armin Hary on the 60th anniversary of the German sprinter’s 10.0 100m world.
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Eddie Southern was an incredible and versatile sprinter and hurdler.
He won the silver medal in 400m hurdles at the 1956 Olympics.
He died just a few days ago.
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He won the silver medal in 400m hurdles at the 1956 Olympics.
He died just a few days ago.
Longhorn Track & Field Legend Eddie Southern passes away - University of Texas Athletics
NCAA and Southwest Conference Champion, Olympic Silver medalist and member of the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor, Eddie Southern was 85.
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Danny Farmer UCLA all-time leading receiver. wasn’t much of a pro but who knows how much of that was his fault.
Could very well have suffered from a case of melanin deficiency
Could very well have suffered from a case of melanin deficiency
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Danny Farmer’s story is an excellent example of the Caste System. his perseverance then emergence at UCLA should be the stuff of legend, and then what happened to him with the Pittsburgh Steelers was a travesty that should be talked about by any fan of the game. instead, this outstanding athlete has been memory holed.
None of it was his fault. Not sure why Danny Farmer was brought up in a track thread, but I wrote extensively about how badly he was screwed over. I followed him closely at UCLA and then he was drafted by the Steelers, so I had a big-time rooting interest in him, only to watch Bill Cowher and some of the team's black players reject him, with the local media then obediently following along. And then the rest of the league did as well, including Jon Gruden when he coached Tampa.
A search for Danny Farmer brings up five pages of results. The search function on Caste Football works very well.
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Danny Farmer was amazing and he was shafted and screwed over because of one reason. I don't have to say what that is.
However this thread is about athletics as in track and field. These posts belong on the football forums. I agree with both of you
but this is not the right place to discuss this. This thread is for retired track & field athletes. Thanks guys.
However this thread is about athletics as in track and field. These posts belong on the football forums. I agree with both of you
but this is not the right place to discuss this. This thread is for retired track & field athletes. Thanks guys.
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Apologies, I thought it was broader than that.
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This superb athlete.
That was cool. He looked like a damn frog on that 18.43m jump
I don't know if she - Della Jones Pascoe - is a forgotten athlete, since I never heard of her . . . but it seems she was a very, very good sprinter in her day.
Also she was married to a great 400m hurdler, Alan Pascoe.
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Also she was married to a great 400m hurdler, Alan Pascoe.
Olympic sprinter Della Pascoe dies aged 74 - AW
Two-time Olympian and former British 100m record-holder was one of Britain's finest female sprinters in the late 1960s and early 1970s
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Harold Abrahams winning the 100 Meters Gold Medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics!
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Harold Abrahams leans into Olympic gold - Men's 100m - Athletics - Paris 1924 Olympic Games
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Harold Abrahams winning the 100 Meters Gold Medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics!
Harold Abrahams leans into Olympic gold - Men's 100m - Athletics - Paris 1924 Olympic Games
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British athlete Harold Abrahams was a game-changer in the 100 metres Olympic Games athletics events. Abrahams began training with Coach Sam Mussabini who had been introduced by Eric Liddell. In a time without starting blocks, where runners would dig their own feet wholes, Mussabini would help Abrahams improve his technique. Mussabini split his training in to rehearsing techniques for specific moments such as reacting quickly to the starting gun and the leaning forward for the finish line. At the Paris 1924 Olympic Games, Abrahams -- who had been a previous long-jump Olympian -- did not compete in the long jump, focusing only on the 200m and 100m (including a leg of the 4x100m). The strategy and specific training had paid off and in an exciting 100m race; Harold Abrahams had won the Olympic gold medal in 10.6 seconds, equal to the Olympic record. Abrahams would still win a second Olympic medal with a silver medal in the 4x100m relay.
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Yet as good as this guy was, Boling is better even with the wrong coach and the wrong training program. Along with being
over raced. Boling as a junior ran 6.55 indoors and 9.98 and 19.92 outdoors so they move him to the 400. UUUGGGHHH!!!