Frank Cuhel

Cuhel Frank ( Frank Josef Cuhel; born September 23, 1904 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, † February 22, 1943 in Lisbon ) was an American hurdler.

In 1928 he qualified for the U.S. elimination fights in the 400 - meter hurdles with 52.1 s second behind Morgan Taylor, the s aufstellte 52.0 a world record for the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. There, however, both Americans could not repeat this form: Cuhel won silver at 53.6 s after the British Lord Burghley ( 53.4 s ) and before the contemporaneous Taylor.

In the same year Cuhel U.S. champion over 200 m hurdles in a straight line and, starting for the University of Iowa, NCAA champion in the 220 ​​yards hurdles.

Frank Cuhel died as a war correspondent in the crash of the Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper in the Tagus River.