Ed Caruthers
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Full name | Edward Julius Caruthers Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 13, 1945 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | (age 79)||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Julius "Ed." Caruthers Jr. (born April 13, 1945) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the men's high jump event during his career.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, he competed for the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where and when he won the silver medal in the men's high jump event. Dick Fosbury, whose new jumping style went on to revolutionize the sport, won the gold medal. Ed. Caruthers also was a member of the 1964 US Olympic Team with an 8th-place finish in the high jump.
References
- Profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Caruthers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
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- American male high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Oklahoma City
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs