Greg Bell (athlete)

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Gold 1956 Melbourne Long jump

Greg Bell (born November 7, 1930 in Terre Haute, Indiana) is a former track and field athlete who won the Gold Medal in the Long Jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

He won three national AAU championships, two NCAA Championships, earned NCAA All-American status three times and was a four-time national AAU All-American. From 1956-1958, he was ranked first in the world in the long jump. He set an NCAA record in the long jump, which stood for seven years, and is a charter member of both the Indiana Track and Field and IU Athletic halls of fame

Bell was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1988.

Championships

  • 1950 European Armed Forces Championship: Long Jump
  • 1955 AAU: Long Jump (1st)
  • 1956 Olympics: Long Jump - 7.83 m (1st)
  • 1956 NCAA: Long Jump - (1st)
  • 1957 NCAA: Long Jump - 8.10 m (1st)
  • 1957 Penn Relays: Long Jump
  • 1957 Penn Relays: 100-meter dash
  • 1959 Pan American Games: Long Jump (2nd)

Honors

References

    Biography at USATF Hall of Fame

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