Willie Steele

Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	1948 London	Long jump

William Samuel "Willie" Steele (July 14, 1923 - September 19, 1989) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.

He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the gold medal.

Olympic champions in men's long jump
1896: Ellery Clark \| 1900: Alvin Kraenzlein \| 1904: Myer Prinstein \| 1906: Myer Prinstein \| 1908: Frank Irons \| 1912: Albert Gutterson \| 1920: William Pettersson \| 1924: William DeHart Hubbard \| 1928: Ed Hamm \| 1932: Ed Gordon \| 1936: Jesse Owens \| 1948: Willie Steele \| 1952: Jerome Biffle \| 1956: Greg Bell \| 1960: Ralph Boston \| 1964: Lynn Davies \| 1968: Bob Beamon \| 1972: Randy Williams \| 1976: Arnie Robinson \| 1980: Lutz Dombrowski \| 1984: Carl Lewis \| 1988: Carl Lewis \| 1992: Carl Lewis \| 1996: Carl Lewis \| 2000: Iván Pedroso \| 2004: Dwight Phillips