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| Full name | Gerald Howard Ashworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 1, 1942 (age 82) Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Dartmouth College 1963, Harvard Business School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Jeanne Leslie Oshry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Southern California Striders (Anaheim)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Elliot Noyes (Dartmouth) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100y – 9.4 s (1962) 100m – 10.3 s (1964) 220y – 21.2 s (1964). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerald Howard "Gerry" Ashworth (born May 1, 1942 in Haverhill, Massachusetts to Earl Ashworth)[4] was an American former track athlete and a gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He won two gold medals sprinting in the 1964 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel. Recognized internationally, in 1963 Ashworth was rated seventh in the World in indoor competition and in 1964 had an eighth world rating in the outdoor 100 Yards and 100 Meters distances.[5]
Gerry was born one of three children on May 1, 1942, to Gladys Brown Ashforth and Earl Ashforth in Haverhill, Massachusetts. His father, who was originally from nearby Lawrence, was a manufacturer for shoe products, and after purchasing his first shoe company in Maine at age 20, he eventually owned a number of shoe manufacturing companies operating in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont. Active in the community, Earl had been a President of Temple Emmanuel in Haverhill, and the Haverhill Country Club, before retiring to Sarasota, Florida with his wife Gladys in 1974.[6][7][8] In 1964, the couple donated the first electronic timing device ever used at Dartmouth's Leverone Field House, which electronically displayed both scores and electronic times to spectators.[9]
- ^ "Gerry Ashworth". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Dashwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "U.S. RELAY TEAMS SNAP 2 RECORDS; Runners Score in Tel Aviv as Maccabiah Games End". The New York Times. September 1965.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
marriagewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Gerald Ashworth". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Obituaries, Earl Ashworth, 94", The Bershire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pg. 14, 29 April 2004
- ^ "Obituary, Earl Ashworth". Boston Globe.
- ^ "Obituary, Earl Ashworth". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
- ^ "New Green Pool, Hocky Rink Pamper Fans", Valley News, West Lebanon, New Hampshire, pg. 6, 15 January 1964