Louis Clarke
Olympic athlete
1901 – 1977
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Who was Louis Clarke?
Louis Alfred "Pinky" Clarke was an American athlete, winner of a gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Clarke was Jewish, and was born in Statesville, North Carolina. Clarke won, as a Johns Hopkins University student, the NCAA 100 yd championships in 1923.
At the Paris Olympics, Clarke ran the second leg in the American 4x100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in a new world record of 41.0.
Clarke also held the world indoor 100 y record, at 9.8 seconds, in February 1924.
Clarke died in Fishkill, New York aged 75.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1901
- Also known as
- Louis Alfred Clarke
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 24, 1977
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on July 23, 2013
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