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Mal Whitfield
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Malvin Whitfield, known as Marvelous Mal, was an American military officer, middle-distance runner, sprinter, and coach. Born in Bay City in 1924, he served in the United States Air Force and was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. He participated in World War II and the Korean War. Whitfield competed in athletics, specifically in the 800 metres, 400 metres, and 4 × 400 metres relay. He represented the United States at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1951 Pan American Games.
He was educated at Ohio State University and California State University, Los Angeles. Whitfield received the James E. Sullivan Award and was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. He was employed by the United States Information Agency. As an author, he wrote *Beyond the finish line* and *Learning to run*. He died in Washington, D.C., in 2015.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Beyond the finish line
- Learning to run
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,794x
- <i>Conn</i>
: A Functional Connectivity Toolbox for Correlated and Anticorrelated Brain Networks
· 2012 · cited 4,838x
- Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxins
· 2002 · cited 4,054x
- The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood
· 2005 · cited 3,407x
- Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids
· 2010 · cited 3,175x
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Marvelous Mal
- Born
- Malvin Greston Whitfield , ( 1924-10-11 ) October 11, 1924, Bay City, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19) (aged 91) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 168 lb (76 kg)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- 400 metres , 800 metres
- Personal best s
- 400 m : 45.9 (1953), 800 m : 1:47.9 (1953)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Malvin
- Family name
- Whitfield
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bay City
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- middle-distance runner
- Employer
- United States Information Agency
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- 4 × 400 metres relay
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 76
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Air Force
- Image
- Mal Whitfield USA Athlete, Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg
- Height
- 185
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1924-10-11
- member of
- Tuskegee Airmen
- date of death
- 2015-11-19
- nickname
- Marvelous Mal
- sports discipline competed in
- 400 metres
- Commons category
- Mal Whitfield
- cause of death
- heart failure
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Malvin Greston Whitfield
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Article · Deutsch
Malvin Greston „Mal“ Whitfield (* 11. Oktober 1924 in Bay City, Texas; † 19. November 2015 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Sprinter und Mittelstreckenläufer, der 1948 und 1952 Olympiasieger wurde.
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