用户:Changnick/Thomas Burke
 汤姆斯·伯克 | |
| 个人资料 | |
|---|---|
| 出生 | 1875年1月15日 美国马萨诸塞州波士顿 |
| 逝世 | 1929年2月14日 美国马萨诸塞州波士顿 |
| 母校 | 波士顿大学法学院 |
| 身高 | 1.83米（6英尺0英寸） |
| 体重 | 66千克（146英磅） |
| 运动 | |
| 运动 | 田径 |
| 项目 | 100米、200米、400米、800米 |
| 俱乐部 | 波士顿田径协会 |
| 成绩与头衔 | |
| 个人最好成绩 | 100米：11.2（1895年） 200米：22.6（1897年） 400米：48.5（1896年） 800米：1:55.9（1897年）[1] |
汤姆斯·埃德蒙·"汤姆"·伯克（Thomas Edmund "Tom" Burke，1875年1月15日—1929年2月14日）是一名美国田径运动员，主攻短跑项目。他曾经获得1896年夏季奥林匹克运动会田径比赛100米及400米冠军。
人物
伯克就读于波士顿大学法学院时崭露不俗的短跑能力，曾赢得业余田径联盟440码冠军。1896年，他参加夏季奥林匹克运动会，跌破众人眼镜击败众家好手，以12.0秒获得100米冠军。当时他的蹲姿起跑Burke, a student at Boston University School of Law, was a reputed runner in the 400 meters and 440 yards, having won the AAU title (440 yards) in 1895. He had no such reputation for the first event he entered in the inaugural modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896. With many top sprinters absent, Burke surprisingly won the 100 meters. He was also noted for his "crouch start", which was uncommon at that time but in standard use now. His time in the final was 12.0 seconds. In the preliminary heat, he had an even better time – 11.8 seconds.[2]
At the same Olympics, Burke also won the 400 meters, his top event. His times for that event were 58.4 seconds in the preliminary heats and 54.2 seconds in the final, in both of which Burke finished first.[2]
Later in his career, Burke specialized in the longer distances, winning IC4A titles in the 440 and 880 yards events. In 1897, he was one of the initiators of the annually held Boston Marathon, inspired by the success of the marathon event at the 1896 Olympics.[1][2]
Burke later became a lawyer, but was also an athletics coach and a part-time journalist, writing for The Boston Journal and the Boston Post.[2]
References
Further reading
- Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime. The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012 Edition. London: Aurum Press. 2012: 43–44, 77. ISBN 978 1 84513 695 6.
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