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Key facts
- Full name
- Ralph Harold Boston
- Born
- ( 1939-05-09 ) May 9, 1939 , Laurel, Mississippi , U.S.
- Died
- April 30, 2023 (2023-04-30) (aged 83), Peachtree City, Georgia , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (187 cm)
- Weight
- 163 lb (74 kg)
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- Sprint, hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault
- Club
- Southern California Striders , Anaheim
- Personal bests
- 100 yd – 9.6 (1964) 220 yd – 22.0 (1964) 120 ydH – 13.7 (1961) HJ – 2.04 m (1962) PV – 4.16 m (1960) LJ – 8.35 m (1965) TJ – 15.89 m (1964)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Laurel
- Place of death
- Peachtree City
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Tennessee State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Ralph Boston 1960.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- date of birth
- 1939-05-09
- Commons category
- Ralph Boston
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
- date of death
- 2023-04-30
- name in native language
- Ralph Boston
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stroke
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Encyclopedic overview
Ralph Harold Boston (May 9, 1939 – April 30, 2023) was an American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet (8.2 m) barrier in the long jump.
Early years and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ralph Boston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.