Мелвин Уитфилд

American middle-distance runner and sprinter

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Key facts

Nickname: Marvelous Mal
Born: Malvin Greston Whitfield , ( 1924-10-11 ) October 11, 1924, Bay City, Texas , U.S.
Died: November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19) (aged 91) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight: 168 lb (76 kg)
Sport: Track and field
Event s: 400 metres , 800 metres
Personal best s: 400 m : 45.9 (1953), 800 m : 1:47.9 (1953)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Malvin
Family name: Whitfield
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Bay City
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Occupation: middle-distance runner
Employer: United States Information Agency
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: 1948 Summer Olympics
Sport: 4 × 400 metres relay
Country for sport: United States
Mass: 76
Conflict: World War II
Military branch: United States Air Force
Image: Mal Whitfield USA Athlete, Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg
Height: 185

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date of birth: 1924-10-11
member of: Tuskegee Airmen
date of death: 2015-11-19
nickname: Marvelous Mal
sports discipline competed in: 400 metres
Commons category: Mal Whitfield
cause of death: heart failure
place of burial: Arlington National Cemetery
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: Malvin Greston Whitfield

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Мелвин Уитфилд (Мелвин Грестон (Мэл) Уитфилд, англ. Malvin Greston "Mal" Whitfield; 11 октября 1924, Бей-Сити, штат Техас, США — 19 ноября 2015, Вашингтон, США) — американский легкоатлет, который специализировался на дистанциях 400 и 800 метров. Трёхкратный олимпийский чемпион, трёхкратный чемпион Панамериканских игр 1951 года на дистанциях 400 метров, 800 метров и эстафета 4×400 метров.

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