Greg Bell (athlete)

Greg Bell

Greg Bell in 1956
Personal information
Born	November 7, 1930 (1930-11-07) (age 87) Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Long jump Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Long jump

Greg Bell (born November 7, 1930 in Terre Haute, Indiana) 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 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 1956–1958, 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.

Championships

• 1950 European Armed Forces Championship: Long Jump
• 1955 AAU: Long Jump (1st)
• 1956 Olympics: Long Jump – 7.83 m (1st)
• 1956 NCAA: Long Jump – (1st)
• 1957 NCAA: Long Jump – 8.10 m (1st)
• 1957 Penn Relays: Long Jump
• 1957 Penn Relays: 100-meter dash
• 1959 Pan American Games: Long Jump (2nd)

Honors

• 1957 Penn Relays: Most Outstanding Athlete

References

• Biography at USATF Hall of Fame