 Allen Woodring at the 1920 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | February 15, 1898 Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | November 15, 1982 (aged 84) Clearwater, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Syracuse University | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 100–400 m | |||||||||||
| Club | Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | 200 m – 22.0 (1920) 400 m – 47.9 (1923)[1][2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Allen Woodring (February 15, 1898 – November 15, 1982) was an Americansprint runner.[3] At the1920 United States Olympic trials, he failed to qualify in the200 meters yet was selected for the national team and won theOlympic gold medal in this event.[1]
Woodring ran forMercersburg Academy underJimmy Curran, before competing for the Meadowbrook Club of Philadelphia.[4] He graduated fromSyracuse University and later worked as a salesman for theSpalding Company.[1]
After his athletics career ended he worked as a salesman forSears, Roebuck & Co. In his later years he moved toFlorida.[5]
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