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Feb 05, 1939 Oroville, California, United States 85 years old
American sprinter
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About Jack Yerman
- Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4×400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4×400 m relay team.He won the 1960 U.S.
- Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals.
- Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American 4×400 m relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2.Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl.
- Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.Yerman lives in Paradise, California.
- He is a retired high school teacher and father of four. He is a Latter-day Saint.
- Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics."Your Time Will Come: Jack Yerman and His Incredible Journey to the 1960 Olympics" is a book that relates his story from birth through winning the Gold Medal.
- See bhyerman.wix.com/books.
