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Ralph
Boston

Ralph Boston was born in Laurel, Mississippi, in 1939. He attended Tennessee A&I University where he showed himself to be gifted athlete and a champion jumper. Prior to the Olympic games, he had demonstrated his remarkable ability to jump with an incredible leap of 26 feet, 11.25 inches. Already, he held the world record for the long jump. Boston was a member of the United States Olympic teams which competed in Rome in 1960, in Tokyo in 1964, and in Mexico City in 1968. The high point in Boston's participation in Rome came when he broke the quarter-century old record set by Jesse Owens for the long jump. The new record was 26 feet, 7.75 inches. Four years later, Boston won the silver medal for the long jump in Tokyo. In Mexico City, Boston's third Olympiad, he earned the bronze medal, again for long jumping.

Ralph Boston is now a successful Sales Representative for Integon Life Insurance Corporation in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Courtesy of Miller Brewing Compa.

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[two images] [first: Ralph Boston long jumping] [second: Ralph Boston Smiling] [Photo Courtesy of Miller Brewing Company.