“He was just Al’s cousin who had been in the Olympics,”
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Bob Beamon
Robert Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. By jumping 8.90 m, he broke the existing record by a margin of 55 cm and his world record stood for almost 23 years until it was broken in 1991 by Mike Powell. The jump is still the Olympic record and the second-longest in history unassisted by wind.
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sports · American long jumper (born 1946) · athletics competitor · basketball player · athlete · also Bob Beamon, Robert "Bob" Beamon, Robert Bob Beamon, Robert Beamon, Beamon
Born 29 August 1946 · Q52604
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2026· 3 entries
“My mind was blank during the jump. After so much jumping, jumping becomes automatic. I was as surprised as anybody at the distance.”
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“It was an incredible surprise. As a matter of fact we never thought the record would pass 27ft 10 or 8.4m but I like surprises.”
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2024· 1 entry
Beamon played percussion on a hip-hop jazz recording
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2007· 1 entry
“I was all nerves. I went out and had a few shots of tequila – a little something to settle myself in.”
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1983· 1 entry
Beamon was one of the first inductees
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1977· 1 entry
Beamon became a track coach at U
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1972· 1 entry
Graduated from Adelphi University with a degree in sociology
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1967· 1 entry
Won the AAU indoor title and earned a silver medal at the Pan American Games, both in the long jump
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1965· 1 entry
Beamon set a national high school triple jump record and was second in the long jump
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-08-29.
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