John McLean (athlete)
John McLean ( John Frederick McLean, born January 10, 1878 in Menominee Michigan, † June 4, 1955 ) was an American athlete and medal winner at the Olympic Games.
McLean was a student of the University of Michigan and where she earned a degree in business law. His athletic talent lay with the hurdles. He could never reach a national title, but in June of 1900, he made a victory in the championships of the Western American universities ( Western Intercollegiate Championships ) in hurdling over 220 yards attention to itself. With that he took his leave for a few weeks later discharged in the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, to which he had finally been sent by his university.
McLean took part in Paris not only at the 110- meter hurdles, with its combination of bounce and quickness he reckoned up new opportunities in the long jump, triple jump and standing triple jump from.
His first competition was on 14 July, the 110- meter hurdles. Already in the run he met his toughest competitors, his compatriots Alvin Kraenzlein and Frederick Moloney. As a third party, he had to deny a repechage, where he finally qualified for the final with five runners. There McLean came through a mistake of the starter immediately in the lead, but was overtaken by the superior Kraenzlein, but was able to defend his second place against Moloney.
On the same day denied McLean the preliminaries in the long jump, reaching 6,655 m in sixth place and missed so just the final, for the qualified only to the top five. Two days later he participated also in the triple jump and standing triple jump, but he was not there to the top six or top four, measured for a length and a placement has been set.
The rankings in the Olympics for John Frederick McLean:
- II Summer Olympic Games in 1900, Paris 110m Hurdles - Silver with 15.5 s ( gold Alvin Kraenzlein from the USA with 15.4 s; Bronze Frederick Moloney from the USA with 15.6 s )
- Long Jump - sixth with 6,655 m ( gold Alvin Kraenzlein from the USA with 7,185 m)
- Triple Jump - participated, space and power unknown ( gold at Meyer Prinstein from the USA with 14,47 m)
- Stand Triple Jump - participated, space and power unknown (Gold to Ray Ewry from the USA with 10,58 m)
Note: With the exception of the time of the winner, transit times are estimated, as there was no time measurement for the runners. For them, the residue was found on the winner or pre-placed with a length specification.
After the Games in Paris, he finished soon his sports career and took a teaching position at Knox College in Galesburg ( Illinois) at. Mid-1930s, he worked as an investment banker.