Ralph Harold Boston (1939 - 2023)

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Biography

Ralph Boston is Notable.

Ralph was an Olympic medalist, earning gold, silver and bronze medals in three Olympic games.

Ralph Harold Boston was an American track athlete who earned three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet barrier in the long jump.^[1]

Ralph Boston was born in 1939. He was the youngest child of Peter Boston and Eulalia (Eula) Boston.

Ralph attended Tennessee State University where he competed in track & field events. He won the NCAA title in long jump in 1960.

He competed in three Olympic games and earned a medal in all three. At the 1960 Summer Games in Rome, he set the Olympic long jump record, beating his own teammate by about a centimeter.

He was named to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.

He passed away in 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Boston

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM7-1LSJ : Sun Jan 29 18:13:30 UTC 2023), Entry for Peter Baston, Jr and Charles Baston, 11 April 1950.

See also:

• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPGP-8SL : 23 November 2019), Ralph H Boston, 2005-2007.
• Wikidata: Item Q451509, en:Wikipedia