Mel Sheppard

Whinfield Melvin (Mel) Sheppard ( Almonesson Lake , New Jersey , September 5, 1883 - Queens , 4 January 1942 ) was an American athlete who particularly excelled at distances between 400 m and 1500 m He was multiple American champion. 880 yd American and multiple indoor champion in the 600 yd and 1000 yd. He also participated twice in the Olympics here and won a total of five medals, including four gold.



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*1 Career  ==Career [  edit ] == His Olympic debut Sheppard at the age of 24 at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London . He came to these Games on three components, namely the 800 m, 1500 m and 1600 m medley. On all three elements he won a gold medal. With three gold medals he was, along with Henry Taylor, the most successful athlete in this edition of the Summer Olympics.
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 Personal bests
 * 4 Honours
 * 4.1 400 m
 * 4.2 800 m
 * 4.3 1500 m
 * 4.4 1600 m medley
 * 4.5 4 x 400m Relay

Four years later he returned to the Olympic Games in Stockholm in the 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m and 4 x 400 m relay . At the 800m he won a silver medal. His finish time of 1.52,0 was only undercut by his compatriot Ted Meredith, who with his finish time of 1.51,9 the world pulverized. In the 4 x 400 m relay gold he won through with Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith and Charles Reidpath in 3.16,6 break the world record.

Sheppard died at the age of 58 at his home in Queens because of acute indigestion . [1] ==Titles [  edit ] == ==Personal records [  edit ] == ==Honours <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===400 m <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===800 m <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===1500 m <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===1600 m medley <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===4 x 400m Relay <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Olympic 800m champion - 1908
 * Olympic champion 1500 m - 1908
 * Olympic champion 4 x 400 m - 1912
 * Olympic medley champion - 1908
 * American champion 880 yd - 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912
 * American indoor champion 600 yd - 1908, 1909
 * American indoor champion 100 yd - 1906, 1907
 * 1912: 2nd in ½ fin OS - 48.9 (estimate)
 * 1908:  OS - 1.52,8 (WR)
 * 1912:  OS - 1.52,0
 * 1908:  OS - 4.03,4 (OR)
 * 1912: AC OS
 * 1908:  OS - 3.29,4
 * 1912  OS - 3.16,6 (WR)