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Malvin Greston Whitfield (October 11, 1924 – November 19, 2015) was an American athlete, goodwill ambassador, and airman. Nicknamed "Marvelous Mal", he was the Olympic champion in the 800 meters at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, and a member of the 1948 gold medal team in the 4 × 400 meters relay. Overall, Whitfield was a five ...
Malvin Greston „Mal“ Whitfield (* 11. Oktober 1924 in Bay City, Texas; † 19. November 2015 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Sprinter und Mittelstreckenläufer, der 1948 und 1952 Olympiasieger wurde.
15. Apr. 2024 · Mal Whitfield was an American middle-distance runner, world-record holder for the 880-yard race (1950–54), for the 1,000-metre race (1953), and, as a member of the U.S. team, for the 4 × 440-yard relay race (1952–56) and the 4 × 880-yard relay race (1952). Whitfield ran for Ohio State University.
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19. Nov. 2015 · Whitfield was a US Air Force sergeant who won the 800m in London 1948 and Helsinki 1952, setting three individual world records. He also won the 4x400m gold and a silver in the 4x400m, and coached extensively in Africa.
20. Nov. 2015 · Mal Whitfield, a sleek middle-distance runner who won three Olympic gold medals for the United States, at one point as a Tuskegee Airman, and later became an American good-will ambassador...
Mal Whitfield was the finest 400/800 m runner of his time. Between June 1948 and the end of the 1954 season he lost only three of his 69 races at 800 m/880 y, and during that period he won all his two-lap races in major championships, including five AAU wins, two at the NCAA, two Olympic, and one Pan American Games gold medal.
20. März 2024 · Mal Whitfield was a two-time Olympian and five-time medalist in the 400-meter and 800-meter events. He set six world records, won the Sullivan Award, and served in the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.
