Ivan Fuqua

Ivan Fuqua ( born August 9, 1909 in Decatur, Illinois, † January 14, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina) was an American sprinter who was successful in the early 1930s in the 400 -meter run.

For the University of Indiana starting, Fuqua was four times winner of the Big 10 ( Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives ) - Championship:

  • 220 y 1933 21.5 s and 1934 s in 21.7
  • 440 y 1933 48.6 1934 47.8 s s

At the World University Games in 1933 in Turin he won in 47.8 s the gold medal ahead of the two German Harry Voigt and Adolf Metzner.

Fuqua twice won the AAU Championship over 440 y:

In 1935, he placed as runner-up. In the Olympic year 1932, he was only fifth, and since the championships were the same as knockouts for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he has only been nominated for the season, which contested the occupation Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner and Bill Carr and in a world record time of 3:08,2 min, far ahead of the UK ( silver in 3:11,2 min ) and Canada ( bronze in 3:12,8 min) won the gold medal.

After the end of his career he worked as a coach at the University of Connecticut and 1946 - 1967 at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Iceland, works.

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