Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Merwin B.•Graham |
Used name | Merwin•Graham |
Born | 4 March 1903 in Fairview, West Virginia (USA) |
Died | 24 January 1989 in San Bernardino, California (USA) |
Measurements | 183 cm / 73 kg |
Affiliations | Kansas Jayhawks, Lawrence (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Merwin Graham won the 1924 Olympic Trials in the triple jump. He competed for the University of Kansas. In 1925, as captain of the KU track team, Graham won the broad jump and placed second in the high jump at the Texas Relays, and won first in both the triple jump and broad jump at the Drake Relays. Graham was inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame in 1959 and into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. After college he worked for Mobil Oil for 36 years.
Personal Best: TJ – 14.54 (47-8½) (1925).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1924 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Merwin Graham | |||
Triple Jump, Men (Olympic) | 9 |