Jay Silvester
L Jay Silvester (born August 27, 1937) is an American retired athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. In this event he finished in fourth, fifth, second and eighth place at the 1964, 1968, 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics, respectively, and won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.
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| Full name | L Jay Silvester | |||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1937 (age 83) Tremonton, Utah, U.S. | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (251 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Discus throw | |||||||||||||
| Club | Santa Clara Valley Youth Village | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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During his career, Silvester won five AAU discus titles and set four world records, two in 1961 and two in 1968. His personal bests were 70.38 m in the discus (1971, unofficial world record) and 20.01 m in the shot put.
After retirement, he worked as professor of physical education at Brigham Young University.[1]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jay Silvester". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013.
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Preceded by Rink Babka |
Men's Discus World Record Holder August 11, 1961 – May 18, 1962 |
Succeeded by Al Oerter |
Preceded by Ludvík Daněk |
Men's Discus World Record Holder equalled by  Ricky Bruch on 1972-07-05May 25, 1968 – March 14, 1975 |
Succeeded by.svg.png.webp){kind=small} John van Reenen |
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