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| Full name | Frederick Loren Wilt |
| Born | December 14, 1920 Pendleton, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 5, 1994 (aged 73) Anderson, Indiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 1500-marathon,steeplechase |
| Club | New York Athletic Club |
| Coached by | Billy Hayes[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 1500 m – 3:53.1 (1949) 5000 m – 14:26.8 (1950) 10,000 m – 30:41.2 (1952) Mar – 2:29:27 (1956) 3000 mS – 10:16.8 (1954)[2][3] |
Frederick Loren Wilt (December 14, 1920 – September 5, 1994) was an American runner andFBI agent. He competed in the 10,000 m at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and finished 11th and 21st, respectively. Wilt held eightAAU titles, ranging from the indoor mile in 1951 to cross country in 1949 and 1952–53. He won theJames E. Sullivan Award as best American amateur athlete in 1950. He was inducted into theNational Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1981.[1]
Wilt's bookRun Run Run was published in 1964 byTrack & Field News. It contained chapters written by Wilt, notable coaches, including New Zealand'sArthur Lydiard, and Soviet gold medalistVladimir Kuts, and went through six printings over the next ten years. In 1975, Wilt coined the termplyometrics while observing Soviet athletes warming up. He reached out to Dr.Michael Yessis, who had previously introduced this concept to the United States through Russian translation of Verkhoshansky's work. This inspired their later collaboration, to get this information out to U.S. coaches, and the bookSoviet Theory, Technique and Training for Running and Hurdling. Wilt wrote and compiled multiple other books on track and field.[4] After retirement from FBI he worked as head coach for the Cross Country and Track and Field Women's team atPurdue University.
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