Track and field athlete Ray Ewry

Ray Ewry

Living place: Lafayette

Birthday: 14-10-1873

Global rank: #87379

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Who is Track and field athlete Ray Ewry?

Ray Ewry is one of the 10 greatest athletes in Olympic history. He is a legend of American athletics, the greatest example when he overcame childhood polio with extraordinary energy to become an excellent athlete with 8 Olympic gold medals. Ray Ewry is a rare athlete who can compete well in all three events: long jump, high jump and 3-step jump. Ray Ewry's running and jumping steps were once likened to the soaring of a god.

  • 1900 Paris Olympics, Ray Ewry won 3 gold medals in just 1 day in the events. Track and field jump.
  • The Missouri Olympics in 1904, Ray Ewry successfully defended 3 gold medals won 4 years earlier.
  • London Olympics in 1908, Ray Ewry won 2 more. Gold medal.
After failing to compete in the 2012 Olympics, Ray Ewry announced his retirement, becoming an engineer. He died on September 29, 1937, his name will forever go down in history.
 
 

Young / Before famous

As a child, Ray Ewry suffered from polio fever and was confined to a wheelchair with the prediction that he would be disabled for the rest of his life. With extraordinary energy Ray Ewry never gave up. He persevered in training his legs, then walked again and entered Purdue University.
Graduating from the university, Ray Ewry was recruited to the New York Athletics Club. Then called to change the US country.

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Ray Ewry, Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps are the rare athletes to win 2 individual gold medals in 3 consecutive Olympics.

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When was Track and field athlete Ray Ewry born?
Ray Ewry was born in 14-10-1873, death year is , at the age of 151.
Where is Track and field athlete Ray Ewry's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ray Ewry was born in Lafayette, Indiana- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Ray Ewry's global rank is 87379 and whose rank is 244 in list of famous Track and field athlete.
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Events in 1873 and 14-10

Birthday Ray Ewry (14-10) in history

  • Day 14-10 year 1066: Under the leadership of William the Conqueror, the Normans defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
  • Day 14-10 year 1933: Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.
  • Day 14-10 year 1947: U.S. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.
  • Day 14-10 year 1964: Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.
  • Day 14-10 year 1968: The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.
  • Day 14-10 year 1990: Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.
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