Steve Seymour

Andrew Stephen "Steve" Seymour ( born October 4, 1920 in New York City; † June 18, 1973 in Los Angeles ) was an American athlete who was successful in the years after the Second World War as a javelin thrower. He could win the American championship three times:

The 1947 scored length of 75.84 m and 248-10 correspond meant the American Record.

  • Pan American Games 1951 in Buenos Aires: Silver with 67.08 meters behind the victorious Argentinean Ricardo Heber, who threw exactly one meter further
  • Silver with 67.56 meters behind the Finnish Tapio Rautavaara ( gold with 69.77 meters ) and before Hungary József Várszegi ( bronze with 67.03 m)

At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, he was no longer at the start.

Weblink

  • Steve Seymour at Sports- Reference.com (English)
  • Http://koti.welho.com/mrasilai/
  • Americans
  • Olympian (United States)
  • Javelin Thrower (United States)
  • Born in 1920
  • Died in 1973
  • Man
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