Louis Jones

Louis Jones

Louis ("Lou") Woodard Jones (born January 15, 1932 – died February 3, 2006) is a former American athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Born in New Rochelle, New York, Lou Jones 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 favourite 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 fellow teammate Charlie 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

* [http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060207/NEWS02/602070333/1018 "Olympic gold medallist Louis Jones of New Rochelle dies" "Westchester Journal News" 7 February 2005]

Other

*Lou Jones rugby league player (Australian).


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Louis Jones — Louis Woodard Lou Jones (* 15. Januar 1932 in New Rochelle, New York; † 3. Februar 2006 in New York, NY) war ein US amerikanischer Leichtathlet. Er verbesserte zweimal den Weltrekord über 400 m und wurde 1956 mit der US amerikanischen 4 x 400 m… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Louis Jones, Jr. — Louis Jones, Jr. (March 4, 1950 ndash; March 18, 2003) was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the federal government of the United States. He was convicted of the February 18, 1995, murder of Private Tracie Joy McBride, after… …   Wikipedia

  • Louis Jones — Louis Woodard « Lou » Jones (né le 15 janvier 1932 à Nouvelle Rochelle et décédé le 3 février 2006) était un athlète américain spécialiste du sprint. Il remporta le titre olympique en 1956 avec le relais 4 x 400 mètres. Avant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Louis Jones (disambiguation) — Louis Jones may refer to:*Louis Jones, American athlete *Louis Jones, Jr., convicted murderer *Lou Jones (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer See also *Grandpa Jones, (nee Louis Marshall Jones) American musician …   Wikipedia

  • Louis Delsarte — Louis J. Delsarte (born September 1, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American artist who is known for what has sometimes been called his illusionistic [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi m1546/is n1 v8/ai 13563246 ] style. He is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Louis Johnson — en 1980 Datos generales Nacimiento 13 de abril de 1955 (56 años) …   Wikipedia Español

  • Louis Van Lint — en 1984 Nom de naissance Louis Noël Van Lint Naissance 25 décembre 1909 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Louis Kauffman — Louis H. Kauffman (3 February, 1945) is an American mathematician, topologist, and professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is known for the… …   Wikipedia

  • Louis XVI of France — Louis XVI Louis XVI by Antoine François Callet King of France and Navarre Reign …   Wikipedia

  • Louis Vuitton — Rechtsform Marke innerhalb des LVMH Konzerns Gründung 1854 Sitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”