Gerry Ashworth
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| Full name | Gerald Howard Ashworth | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1942 (age 79) Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) an American former athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
Career[]
Ashworth is Jewish.[2][3] In 1961 he tied the world mark with a 6.1 in the 60-yard dash.[4]
He won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following year he ran in the Seventh Maccabiah Games.[2][5][6]
Ashworth attended Dartmouth College. He ran the second leg of the gold medal performance of the American 4 × 100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 39.0 at the Tokyo Olympics. Paul Drayton, Richard Stebbins and Bob Hayes ran the other legs.
See also[]
- List of notable Jewish track and field athletes
References[]
- ^ "U.S. RELAY TEAMS SNAP 2 RECORDS; Runners Score in Tel Aviv as Maccabiah Games End". The New York Times. September 1965.
- ^ a b "Seventh Maccabiah Games Open Tomorrow In Ramat Gan Stadium". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. August 22, 1965.
- ^ Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. ISBN 9781574882841.
- ^ "Gerald Howard Ashworth". www.jewishsports.net.
- ^ "U.S. Vaulters Fail to Win Maccabiah Action". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. August 30, 1965.
- ^ "U.S. Wins Seven More In Israel". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. September 1, 1965.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gerry Ashworth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
- Biography, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Former Olympian from Maine recalls gold medal experience, , Aug 14, 2008
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- Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics
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