Greg_Bell_(long_jumper)

Greg Bell (long jumper)

Greg Bell (long jumper)

American long jumper

For other people named Greg Bell, see Greg Bell (disambiguation).

Gregory Curtis Bell (born November 7, 1930) is a former track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the Long Jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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He won three national AAU championships, two NCAA Championships, earned NCAA All-American status three times and was a four-time national AAU All-American. From 1956 to 1958, he was ranked first in the world in the long jump. He set an NCAA record in the long jump, which stood for seven years, and is a charter member of both the Indiana Track and Field and IU Athletic halls of fame.

Bell was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1988. Following his appearance in the Summer Olympics, he worked as director of dentistry at Logansport State Hospital for over 50 years and retired on 30 May 2020.[1]

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    Woods, David (June 13, 2020). "IU's Greg Bell 'came out of nowhere' to win Olympic gold, then spent 50 years in dentistry". indystar.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.


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