Jack Yerman
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Full name | Jack Lloyd Yerman | ||||||||||||
Born | February 5, 1939 (age 85) Oroville, California, U.S. |
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Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939 in Oroville, California) 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]
Yerman currently lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint.[4] Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.[5]
"Your Time Will Come: Jack Yerman and His Incredible Journey to the 1960 Olympics" is a book that relates his story from birth through winning the Gold Medal. See bhyerman.wix.com/books.
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
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- American sprinters
- 1939 births
- American Latter Day Saints
- Converts to Mormonism
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- People from Butte County, California
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)