• Source: Jack Yerman

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.
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.
Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl. Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.
Yerman lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint. Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.




World records


Mile Relay
1600 Meter Relay
Two Mile Relay
Distance Medley Relay
Indoor 400 Meter short track
660 yard sprint (unofficial)




Major events


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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jack Yerman
• Jack (given name)
• Otis Davis
• Charles Jenkins Sr.
• Charles Moore (hurdler)
• Lou Jones (athlete)
• Fred Newhouse
• Lee Evans (sprinter)
• Andrzej Badeński
• Roy Cochran