David Segal (athlete)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 20 March 1937 London, England |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprints |
| Club | Thames Valley Harriers |
Medal record | |
David Hugh Segal (born 20 March 1937) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the sprints who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Segal had best times of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yards and 21.0 seconds for the 220 yards. While competing in the United States, he ran a time of 20.4 seconds for the straight 220 yards. At one time, he held the English Native Record for the 220 yards and the 300 yards, running the later in 30.0 seconds. On rare occasions, he ran the 400 meters with his best time of 48.2 seconds.
Segal became the British 220 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships titles at the 1957 AAA Championships[1] and the 1958 AAA Championships.[2]
In between he represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, in the 4 × 100 m relay and placed 5th in the final.[3] He was a European 200m silver medalist in 1958.
Segal missed out on the title at the 1959 AAA Championships and 1960 AAA Championships, losing to David Jones.[4] At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain, in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Peter Radford, David Jones and Neville Whitehead.[3] In Rome he was in the 200m semi-final but was disqualified for two false starts. While not his favorite distance, he had been ranked as high as 8th in the world in the 200m by Track and Field News.
Following the 1960 Olympics, Segal left the Unite Kingdom for Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, where he continued his track career. He continued to live in the United States since then. In 2008 Segal was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Furman University, where as a competitor in the Southern Conference Championships he won nine individual titles and five relay championships.
At the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he won the 200 m race, and took a gold medal in the 1600 m relay.[5][6]
References
- ^ "AA Championship results". Weekly Dispatch (London). 14 July 1957. Retrieved 27 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "GUBNER, HERMAN EXCEL IN ISRAEL; U.S. Stars Set Meet Marks in Shot-Put, Broad Jump". The New York Times.
- ^ "Former N.Y.U. Star Wins Pole Vault -- Stieglitz, Damashek, Brandeis, Bocks Score --Miss Katz First in Swim". The New York Times.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Segal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.