- Jack Yerman
Jack Lloyd Yerman (born
February 5 ,1939 ) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4×400 m relay at the1960 Summer Olympics .Jack Yerman was sixth in 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4×400 m relay team.
Yerman won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford in 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he reached only to the semifinals. But Yerman won a gold medal, as a lead-off runner, in the American 4×400 m relay team with a new
world record of 3.02.2.Yerman also played football for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl.
Yerman currently lives in
Paradise, California . He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.Yerman is a Latter-day Saint. [ [http://www.mormonolympians.org/mormon_olympians/previousolympics.html Turino ] ]
World Records:Mile Relay1600 Meter RelayTwo Mile RelayDistance Medley RelayIndoor 400 Meter short track660 yard sprint (unofficial)
Major EventsOlympic Gold Medal - 1600 meter relay 1960Rose Bowl 1960Pan American Games(only Jack Yerman and Bob mathias have accomplished all three of the above)First US-USSR dual meet, 1958Two Time Donkey Derby Championhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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