Gay Bryan
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Gaylord Damian "Gay" Bryan (May 1, 1927 – April 25, 2015) was a male long and triple jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1940s and 1950s for his native country. Bryan set his personal best in the men's long jump event (7.74 metres) on April 9, 1949, at a meet in Westwood. He failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics (1948 and 1952) during his career. He won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1951 Pan American Games and was a four-time national champion in the triple jump.
Bryan competed collegiately for Stanford University and is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[1]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1st | Triple jump | |
| 1949 | US National Championships | Fresno, California | 1st | Long jump |
| 1st | Triple jump | |||
| 1950 | US National Championships | College Park, Maryland | 4th | Long jump |
| 1st | Triple jump | |||
| 1951 | US National Championships | Berkeley, California | 2nd | Long jump |
| 1st | Triple jump | |||
| Pan American Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | Long jump | |
| 1952 | US National Championships | Long Beach, California | 5th | Triple jump |
References
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Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2015 deaths
- American men long jumpers
- American men triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Stanford Cardinal men's track and field athletes
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American men hurdlers
- American long jumper stubs
- American track and field athletics biography stubs