Steve Seymour

Steve Seymour

Seymour, circa 1948
Personal information
Born	(1920-10-04)October 4, 1920 New York, New York
Died	June 18, 1973(1973-06-18) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm) [1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1948 London Javelin throw Pan American Games Buenos Aires 1951 Javelin throw

Stephen Andrew Seymour (October 4, 1920, in New York City – June 18, 1973, in Los Angeles) was an American physician and track and field coach and athlete, who in the 1948 London Olympics won America's first silver medal in the javelin throw, a feat that to-date would be repeated only in the 1952 Olympics. Setting the American javelin record in 1945 and 1947, Seymour is regarded by track and field historians as America's original javelin technician.^[2][3][1]

Seymour, who was of Jewish heritage, was actually born Seymour Cohen in New York, but in his mid-20's changed his name to Stephen Seymour to avoid anti-Semitism.^[1][3]