Full name Jack Lloyd Yerman Name Jack Yerman | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born February 5, 1939 (age 85) ( 1939-02-05 ) Oroville, California, U.S. Education University of California, Berkeley Olympic medals Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Similar People Earl Young, Otis Davis, Glenn Davis, Carl Kaufmann, Keith Gardner | ||
"Your Time Will Come" by Bruce Hamilton Yerman
Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the 4×400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American 4×400 m relay team.
He won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American 4×400 m relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2.
Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl. Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.
Yerman currently lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint. Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.
"Your Time Will Come: Jack Yerman and His Incredible Journey to the 1960 Olympics" is a book that relates his story from birth through winning the Gold Medal. See bhyerman.wix.com/books.