Edgar Allen Ablowich (April 29, 1913 – April 6, 1998) was an American

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who was a member of the gold medal-winning team in the

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at the

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, along with

Ivan Fuqua Ivan William Fuqua (August 9, 1909 – January 14, 1994) was an American athlete, a gold medal winner in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Fuqua was born in Decatur, Illinois, and graduated from Brazil High Sc ...

, Karl Warner and

Bill Carr William "Bill" Arthur Carr (October 24, 1909 – January 14, 1966) was an American athlete and double Olympic champion in 1932. Called the "Arkansas flyer," Carr never lost a race during his college and Olympic career. Early life and educati ...

. Born in

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, Ablowich attended the

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.USC OLYMPIANS: 1904-2004
USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008. He ran the second leg for the American 4×400m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new

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of 3:08.2 at the Olympics in Los Angeles, shaving more than three seconds off the world record they set in their preliminary heat. The record stood for 20 years until it was broken by the Jamaican team at the

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in Helsinki. Ablowich later finished third in the 440m at the 1933 NCAA championships, and second in the 400m hurdles at the 1934 AAU championships. After his running career, Ablowich was an associate professor in business at the Air Force Institute of Technology at the

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. His son Ron competed as a hurdler at the 1960 Olympic trials while he was a student at Georgia Tech. Ablowich died in

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, aged 84.

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1913 births 1998 deaths American male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field USC Trojans men's track and field athletes University of Wyoming faculty Track and field athletes from Texas Sportspeople from the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex People from Greenville, Texas {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub