Jack Lloyd Yerman is a former American

United States

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 athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4×400 m relay

Relay race

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 at the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

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Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games

Pan American Games

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 and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4×400 m relay team.

Yerman won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford

Stanford, California

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 with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics

Olympic Games

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 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

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 of 3:02.2.

Yerman also played football

American football

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 for Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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 in the Rose Bowl.

Yerman currently lives in Paradise, California

Paradise, California

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. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.

Jack Yerman is a Latter-day Saint. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.

World Records

• Mile Relay
• 1600 Meter Relay
• Two Mile Relay
• Distance Medley Relay
• Indoor 400 Meter short track
• 660 yard sprint (unofficial)

Major Events

• Olympic Gold Medal - 1600 meter relay 1960
• Rose Bowl 1960
• Pan American Games
• First US-USSR dual meet, 1958
• Two Time Donkey Derby Champion

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