Ed Hamm
Olympic athlete
1906 – 1982
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Who was Ed Hamm?
Edward Barton Hamm was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, becoming the first Arkansan to win a gold medal. The Atlanta Journal called him "the South’s first world champion in any sport." Hamm had set a World Record of 25-11 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Cambridge,MA, on July 7,
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1906
Lonoke - Also known as
- Edward Barton Hamm
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Died
- Jun 25, 1982
Oregon
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on July 23, 2013
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