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Held started as a pole vaulter at Grossmont High School near San Diego, where he finished in a 3-way tie for 4th place at the 1946 CIF California State Meet. [1] He switched to the javelin while a student at Stanford University, where he won the NCAA javelin championship in 1948, 1949, and 1950.
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. In 1986, international javelin design regulations were changed and the center of gravity of the implement moved forward. As a result, throwing distances were in general shorter, flat landings fewer, and legal throws (tip-down) easier to attain post ...
The javelin would go out into the air and fall into the water like a whaler’s harpoon.” There were other diversions for the passengers: fine meals, movies in the evenings, sing-alongs and live ...
In 1952 he set a new US record of 256 feet 4 inches (78.13 meters) in the javelin. [4] Young competed at age 24 in the javelin throw for the US at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal on his birthday. [5] Young continued to throw during his mid-20s, and four years later prepared to defend his Olympic ...
Hammer throw (7.26 kg) 64.28 m (210 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Walter Henning: 20 June 2006 Uniondale, United States 17 years, 147 days Javelin throw (700 g) 76.88 m (252 ft 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Devin Bogert: August 22, 2010 Youth Olympic Games: Singapore 17 years, 87 days Javelin throw (800 g) 68.30 m (224 ft 3 ⁄ 4 in) Kaleb Zuidema: May 5, 2010
Kathryn Joan "Kate" Schmidt (born December 29, 1953) is an American former world record holder in the javelin throw.A native of California, graduate of Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, [3] and alumnus of UCLA, she won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
Today, the javelin is predominantly used for sporting purposes such as the javelin throw. The javelin is nearly always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with the aid of a hand-held mechanism. However, devices do exist to assist the javelin thrower in achieving greater distances, such as spear-throwers ...