Jay Silvester

Jay Silvester

Personal information
Born	27 August 1937 Tremonton, Utah, United States
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	114 kg (251 lb)
Sport
Sport	Discus throw
Club	Santa Clara Valley Youth Village

L. Jay Silvester (born 27 August 1937) is a retired American athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event he finished in fourth, fifth, second and eighth place at the 1964, 1968, 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics, respectively, and won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. During his long career, Silvester won five AAU discus titles and set four world records, two in 1961 and two in 1968. His personal bests were 70.38 m in the discus (1971, unofficial world record) and 20.01 m in the shot put. After retirement he worked as professor of physical education at Brigham Young University.^[1]

References

External links

• Masters T&F Discus Throw All-Time Rankings

Records
Preceded by Rink Babka	Men's Discus World Record Holder August 11, 1961 – May 18, 1962	Succeeded by Al Oerter
Preceded by Ludvík Daněk	Men's Discus World Record Holder equalled by Ricky Bruch on 1972-07-05 May 25, 1968 – March 14, 1975	Succeeded by John van Reenen

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