Harrison Dillard
American athlete (1923–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Harrison "Bones" Dillard (July 8, 1923 – November 15, 2019) was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.
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Full name | William Harrison Dillard[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1923-07-08)July 8, 1923 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 15, 2019(2019-11-15) (aged 96) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 152 lb (69 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m 110 m, 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Baldwin-Wallace College | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m – 10.50 (1948) 200 m – 20.8 (1948) 110 mH – 13.6 (1948)[1] 400 mH – 53.7 (1942)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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