Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Benjamin Franklin•Sherman |
Used name | Benjamin•Sherman |
Born | 5 April 1881 in Ballston Springs, New York (USA) |
Measurements | 180 cm / 91 kg |
Affiliations | NYAC, New York (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Benjamin Sherman was third in the 1917 AAU hammer throw and fifth in the 1910 AAU 56 lb. weight throw. Sherman competed for the New York AC. He later worked as a Special Investigator with the US Department of Labor in Washington, DC, and then worked in New York at the Harvard Club.
Personal Best: HT – 47.63 (1909).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1908 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Benjamin Sherman | |||
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
Javelin Throw, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
1912 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Benjamin Sherman | |||
Hammer Throw, Men (Olympic) | 12 |