 Remigino with mother Rose (left) and fiancée June Haverty in 1952 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 3, 1931 (1931-06-03) Elmhurst, Queens,New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 11, 2018(2018-07-11) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Manhattan College | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | NYAC, New York | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m – 10.4 (1952) 200 m – 21.1 (1951)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lindy John Remigino (June 3, 1931 – July 11, 2018) was an Americantrack and field athlete, the 1952Olympic 100 m champion.
Remigino was born inElmhurst, Queens, New York.[2] He was named after aviatorCharles Lindbergh.[2] In 1952, while atManhattan College he won the ICAAAA 220 championship, then placed close second to Morgan State's sprinter,Art Bragg, at the United States Olympic Trials. The expected main American contender for the Olympic title,Jim Golliday, was injured and did not qualify. InHelsinki, one of the leading American sprinters,Art Bragg, was injured prior to the Games, leaving two Americans, Dean Smith and Remigino to qualify for the final.
Out of the blocks,John Treloar took a step ahead, but Remigino the eventual Olympic champion and several more quickly picked up his pace, with Jamaica'sHerb McKenley lagging well behind. By the 80 m mark, Remigino held a big lead: however, in his excitement at sight of the advancing tape, he pitched forward in a virtual lean. He therefore decelerated in the lean, and, as McKenley came quickly, at the tape no one was certain who won. The final was "probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history" with the first four runners all clocking in at 10.4 seconds hand-timed (with the fifth and sixth runners only 0.1 behind in 10.5), all six finalists within 0.12 seconds electric-timed (10.79 for first, 10.91 for sixth), and a photo finish necessary to separate the winners.[3] Across Europe that Summer, Remigino defeated McKenley several times more in the 100, while McKenley defeated the new "World's Fastest Human" one time in the 200 m race. In Oslo, Norway, Remigino won in 10.2 s which would have equaled the 100-meters world-record, but an out of place wind-o-meter meant the time could not be ratified. His official best time was 10.4 s.[2]
In 1953, Remigino won both ICAAAA sprint championships. In 1955 he placed second toBobby Morrow in the 100 US Nationals.[citation needed]
Following his running career, Remigino became a coach at theHartford High School inConnecticut.[2]
Remingino died on July 11, 2018, at the age of 87.[4]
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