Allen Woodring
![]() Allen Woodring at the 1920 Olympics | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | February 15, 1898 Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||
Died | November 15, 1982 (aged 84) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Syracuse University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 100–400 m | |||||||||||
Club | Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 200 m – 22.0 (1920) 400 m – 47.9 (1923)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Allen Woodring (February 15, 1898 – November 15, 1982) was an American sprint runner.[3] At the 1920 Olympic trials, he failed to qualify in the 200 metres yet was selected for the national team and won the Olympic gold medal in this event.[1]
Woodring ran for Mercersburg Academy under Jimmy Curran, before competing for the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia.[4] He graduated from Syracuse University and later worked as a salesman for the Spalding Company.[1]
After his athletics career ended he worked as a salesman for Sears, Roebuck & Co. In his later years he moved to Florida.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allen Woodring". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ Allen Woodring. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Allen Woodring". Olympedia. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ^ Woodring Went to Mercersburg, Harrisburg Evening Times, August 21, 1920
- ^ Allen Woodring, Gold Medal Winner in 1920 Olympics, Tampa Bay Times, November 17, 1982
External links
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- Allen Woodring at Olympics.com
- Allen Woodring at Olympic.org (archived)
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- 1900:
Walter Tewksbury (USA)
- 1904:
Archie Hahn (USA)
- 1908:
Robert Kerr (CAN)
- 1912:
Ralph Craig (USA)
- 1920:
Allen Woodring (USA)
- 1924:
Jackson Scholz (USA)
- 1928:
Percy Williams (CAN)
- 1932:
Eddie Tolan (USA)
- 1936:
Jesse Owens (USA)
- 1948:
Mel Patton (USA)
- 1952:
Andy Stanfield (USA)
- 1956:
Bobby Morrow (USA)
- 1960:
Livio Berruti (ITA)
- 1964:
Henry Carr (USA)
- 1968:
Tommie Smith (USA)
- 1972:
Valeriy Borzov (URS)
- 1976:
Don Quarrie (JAM)
- 1980:
Pietro Mennea (ITA)
- 1984:
Carl Lewis (USA)
- 1988:
Joe DeLoach (USA)
- 1992:
Michael Marsh (USA)
- 1996:
Michael Johnson (USA)
- 2000:
Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)
- 2004:
Shawn Crawford (USA)
- 2008:
Usain Bolt (JAM)
- 2012:
Usain Bolt (JAM)
- 2016:
Usain Bolt (JAM)
- 2020:
Andre De Grasse (CAN)
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