Edgar Ablowich

Ablowich Edgar ( Edgar Allen Ablowich born April 29, 1913 in Greenville, Texas; † 6 April 1998 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) was an American hurdler and sprinter who in the early 1930s, especially in the 400-meter Hurdling was successful.

In 1934, he was U.S. vice- champion in this discipline.

He participated in Los Angeles at the Olympic Games in 1932. Since he had become at the AAU Championships, which acted simultaneously as knockouts, more than 440 y in 47.5 s only fourth, he was only nominated for the season, which contested the occupation Ivan Fuqua, Ablowich, Karl Warner and Bill Carr and in a world record time of 3:08,2 min, far ahead of the British ( silver in 3:11,2 minutes) and Canadians (Bronze in 3:12,8 min) won the gold medal. This established on August 7, 1932 record is one of the most durable of athletics history: First on June 27, 1952, he duration of the team from Jamaica was screwed on 3:03,9 min after nearly twenty years.

After ending his career Ablowich at the University of Wyoming was a lecturer of Economics.

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