Larry Hart (athlete)
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| Born | September 17, 1946 (1946-09-17) (age 78) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Lawrence Thomas Hart (born September 17, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the 1975 Pan American Games. He set his personal best (68.84 metres) on June 11, 1976, at a meet in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
Hart has continued throwing into the Masters age divisions. On June 20, 2015, he set the American M65 record in the hammer throw,[1] surpassing his own previous mark and that of former rival Ed Burke.
References
- ^ "USATF - Statistics - Records". www.usatf.org. Archived from the original on November 26, 2007.
- trackfield.brinkster
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larry Hart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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US National Championship winners in men's hammer throw | |
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| 1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
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| 1879–1888 – NAAAA |
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| 1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union |
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| 1980–1992 The Athletics Congress |
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| 1993-onwards USA Track & Field |
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