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20 de may. de 2024 · Biografía. DeHart Hubbard was the first black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. Hubbard studied at the University of Michigan starting in 1921, and the following year he won the first of six straight AAU long jump titles. He also won the AAU triple jump in 1922 and 1923 and at the NCAA he won the 100 y in 1925 and ...
William DeHart Hubbard (November 25, 1903 – June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. He subsequently set a long jump world record of 25 feet 10+3⁄4 inches (7.89 m) at Chicago in June 1925 and ...
25 de nov. de 2023 · R-Evolution. · November 25, 2023 ·. WILLIAM DEHART HUBBARD (1903-1976) William DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics as an individual, placing first in the running long jump. Hubbard was born on November 25, 1903, in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Walnut Hills High School in that city.
8 de jul. de 2016 · Additionally, he founded a professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Tigers, which played in the Negro American League. Arthur Ashe mentions Hubbard in a Hard Road to Glory, his history of African-Americans in sports, stating that “William DeHart Hubbard, the NBA president in the 1950s and the first black gold medalist in the long jump in ...
11 de jul. de 2017 · William DeHart HUBBARD (1903-1976) Athlète américain. Depuis des décennies, les Noirs américains accumulent les médailles olympiques en athlétisme. Mais ce ne fut pas toujours le cas. Le premier d’entre eux fut William DeHart Hubbard, qui remporta le concours de saut en longueur aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris en 1924.
17 de abr. de 2024 · Letter by William DeHart Hubbard, first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at tournament, is arriving in UK for first time ever For many people, the 1924 Paris Olympics will – thanks ...
