World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Greg Bell, the 1956 Olympic long jump champion, died on Saturday (25) at the age of 94. He had been the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. The 26-year-old Tentoglou, who won Olympic gold in Paris last year ...

IMAGE: American Greg Bell was the 1956 Olympic long jump gold medallist. Photograph: World Athletics/X American long jump great Greg Bell, who had been the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in ...

Arguably his greatest career achievement athletically came at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where Bell won the gold medal with a 7.83-meter long jump. In 1957, Bell helped IU win Big ...

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