Bob Beamon
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Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. By jumping 8.90 m, he broke the existing record by a
Beamon in 1992
Bob Beamon setting a long jump world record at the 1968 Games in Mexico City
Bob Beamon in 1968 post-Gold Medal press photo
Ralph Boston
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Ralph Harold Boston was an American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet barrier in the long jump.
Bob Beamon
…policies. Despite losing his athletic scholarship, Beamon returned to UTEP to continue his studies after the Mexico City Olympics. Fellow Olympian Ralph Boston became his unofficial coach. Beamon entered the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City as the favorite to win the gold medal, having won 22 of the 23 meets…
Boston at the 1960 Olympics
Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies, and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan at the 1964 Summer Olympics