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Gerry Ashworth (Gerald Howard Ashworth; born May 1, 1942, in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is a former American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
Career
Ashworth is Jewish.[1][2] In 1961 he tied the world mark with a 6.1 in the 60-yard dash.[3]
He won the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The following year he ran in the Seventh Maccabiah Games.[4][5][6]
Ashworth attended Dartmouth College. He ran the second leg of the gold medal performance of the American 4x100 m relay team, which set a new world record of 39.0 at the Tokyo Olympics. Paul Drayton, Richard Stebbins and Bob Hayes ran the other legs.
See also
External links
- Gerry Ashworth at sports-reference.com
- Biography, Jewish Sports
- Former Olympian from Maine recalls gold medal experience, Seacoast Online, Aug 14, 2008
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- 1942 births
- American sprinters
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish athletes
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- People from Haverhill, Massachusetts
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs