Bud Held

Bud Held

Franklin "Bud" Held (born October 25 1927 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete who competed primarily in the javelin.

College career

Bud Held started as a pole vaulter in high school, but switched to the javelin while a student at Stanford University, where he won the NCAA javelin championship in 1948, 1949, and 1950.cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=72|title=Franklin (Bud) Held|accessdate=2007-08-10|publisher=USATF.com] Held set six American records in the javelin, and in 1953 became the first American to hold the world javelin record with an effort of ft in to m|263|10|precision=2; in so doing, Held became the first athlete ever to throw the 800 gram javelin over 80 meters. He set a second world record of ft in to m|268|2|precision=2 in 1955, and his career best throw was ft in to m|270|0|precision=2 in 1956.

International competition

Held was a member of the United States' 1952 Olympic team where he placed ninth after a shoulder injury, and missed making the 1956 Olympic by an inch. He won a gold medal in the 1955 Pan American Games in 1955 with a throw of m to ft|69.77.cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pag.htm|title=Pan American Games|title=GBRAthletics.com|accessdate=2007-08-10]

Master's competition

Held continues to compete in masters competitions. In 1970, Held set a United States national masters javelin record of ft in to m|229|3|precision=2. As of 2007, Held continues to compete in masters track and field events, where in the U.S., he is ranked #1 in the pole vault and #6 in the discus for men aged 75–79.cite web|url=http://www.mastersrankings.com/indresults.php?idno=1021639322192784319665&pseason=Outdoor&cyear=2006|title=USA Masters Track and Field Rankings: Bud Held|accessdate=2007-08-10|publisher=USATF.com]

Outside of competition

After his retirement from standard competition, Held became a successful sporting equipment businessman. He also invented a hollow javelin that was used into the 1960s, but his design was outlawed due to safety concerns.cite web|url=http://www.scienceiq.com/ShowFact.cfm?ID=193|title=Get the point?|publisher=ScienceIQ.com|accessdate=2007-08-10] He was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1987, and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.cite web| title =The Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame| work =Stanford Athletics website|url =http://gostanford.cstv.com/trads/stan-trads-hof.html| accessdate =2007-08-10]

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