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DeHart Hubbard

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American long jumper (1903-1976)

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William DeHart Hubbard was a track and field athlete and the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. He also competed in the 1924 Olympics as a triple jumper. 6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio, a year later.

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William DeHart Hubbard was a track and field athlete and the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event: the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games. He also competed in the 1924 Olympics as a triple jumper. The next year, he set a world record in the long jump, with a leap of 25 feet 10+7⁄8 inches (7.90 m) at Chicago in June 1925, and equaled the world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio, a year later.

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Lived 1903 to 1976 · aged 72
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