Lou Jones (athlete)
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Born | New Rochelle, New York, USA | January 15, 1932|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | February 3, 2006 | (aged 74)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Woodard "Lou" Jones (January 15, 1932 – February 3, 2006) was an American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, Jones graduated from Manhattan College in 1954. He won the 400 m at the 1955 Pan-American Games, where he set a new world record of 45.4. He was also a member of the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
Just four months before the Melbourne Olympics, Jones broke his own 400 m world record, clocking 45.2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the US Olympic Trials, thus becoming a main favorite at this event in Melbourne. But in the Olympic 400 m final, Jones was off form, and managed to finish only in a disappointing fifth place, 1.50 seconds behind teammate Charles Jenkins. A few days later, Jones partly compensated for his disappointment, running the second leg in the gold medal winning American 4x400 m relay team.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lou Jones". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- "Olympic gold medallist Louis Jones of New Rochelle dies" Westchester Journal News 7 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-12)
- Lou Jones 1932-2006 Teacher, coach, Olympic athlete
- 1932 births
- 2006 deaths
- American male sprinters
- Sportspeople from New Rochelle, New York
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Manhattan College alumni
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)