Ray C. Ewry, (born October 14, 1873, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.—died September 29, 1937, Douglaston, Long Island, New York), American observe athlete, the one Olympic athlete to win eight gold medals in particular person occasions.
As a boy, Ewry contracted polio and was anticipated by no means to stroll once more. He started his profession as a jumper in a profitable try and regain using his legs. Lean and tall at 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 inches), Ewry was a member of the observe and soccer groups at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Later, as a member of the New York Athletic Club, he helped win 15 U.S. novice observe championships.
Ewry earned three gold medals on the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, profitable the standing lengthy bounce, the standing excessive bounce, and the standing triple bounce. He repeated this feat on the 1904 Games in St. Louis, Missouri. During the 1908 Games in London he as soon as once more received the standing broad bounce and the standing excessive bounce; the standing triple bounce had been discontinued after 1904. After 1912 all standing jumps in Olympic competitors had been discontinued. Ewry was named among the many firstclass of Olympians to be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, in 1983.
