Jack Yerman
 Yerman with his son, circa 1963 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jack Lloyd Yerman | ||||||||||||||
| Born | February 5, 1939 (age 85) Oroville, California | ||||||||||||||
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Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4 × 400 m relay team.[1]
He won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American 4 × 400 m relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2.[2]
Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl.[3] Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.[4]
Yerman lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint.[5] Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.[6]
World records[edit]
- Mile Relay
- 1600 Meter Relay
- Two Mile Relay
- Distance Medley Relay
- Indoor 400 Meter short track
- 660 yard sprint (unofficial)
Major events[edit]
- Olympic Gold Medal – 1600 meter relay 1960
- Rose Bowl 1960
- Pan American Games
- (only Jack Yerman and Bob Mathias have accomplished all three of the above)
- First US-USSR dual meet, 1958
- Two Time Donkey Derby Champion
References[edit]
- ^ "United States – 1960 Summer Olympic Medals". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Jack Yerman Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "Cal sports hall of fame list". Big C (Sport). Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present".
- ^ Turino Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LDS Church Almanac, 2009 Edition, p. 326
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- American football fullbacks
- American male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- California Golden Bears football players
- California Golden Bears men's track and field athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Oroville, California
- Track and field athletes from California
- American Latter Day Saints
- Latter Day Saints from California
- Converts to Mormonism
- People from Paradise, California
- Sportspeople from Butte County, California
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)