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Ewry, Ray C.

American athlete

born October 14, 1873, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.

died September 29, 1937, Douglaston, Long Island, New York

American track athlete, the only Olympic athlete to win eight gold medals in individual events.

As a boy, Ewry contracted polio and was expected never to walk again. He began his career as a jumper in a successful attempt to regain the use of his legs. Lean and tall at 1.9 metres (6 feet 3 inches), Ewry was a member of the track and football teams at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Later, as a member of the New York Athletic Club, he helped win 15 U.S. amateur track championships.

Ewry earned three gold medals at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning the standing long jump, the standing high jump, and the standing triple jump. He repeated this feat at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri. During the 1908 Games in London he once again won the standing broad jump and the standing high jump; the standing triple jump had been discontinued after 1904. After 1912 all standing jumps in Olympic competition were discontinued. Ewry was named among the first class of Olympians to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, in 1983.

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释义	Ewry, Ray C. American athlete born October 14, 1873, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. died September 29, 1937, Douglaston, Long Island, New York American track athlete, the only Olympic athlete to win eight gold medals in individual events. As a boy, Ewry contracted polio and was expected never to walk again. He began his career as a jumper in a successful attempt to regain the use of his legs. Lean and tall at 1.9 metres (6 feet 3 inches), Ewry was a member of the track and football teams at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Later, as a member of the New York Athletic Club, he helped win 15 U.S. amateur track championships. Ewry earned three gold medals at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning the standing long jump, the standing high jump, and the standing triple jump. He repeated this feat at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri. During the 1908 Games in London he once again won the standing broad jump and the standing high jump; the standing triple jump had been discontinued after 1904. After 1912 all standing jumps in Olympic competition were discontinued. Ewry was named among the first class of Olympians to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, in 1983.
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