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Dick Ault
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Richard Francis Ault (December 10, 1925 – July 16, 2007) was an American hurdler.
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Early life
[edit]Richard Francis Ault was born on December 10, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis.[1][2]
Track career
[edit]Ault participated in track and field at the University of Missouri and had a second-place finish in the intermediates at the 1949 AAU. He won the Big 6 220-yard low hurdles in 1946 and 1947 and the Big 7 low hurdles in 1948 and 1949. Ault was the conference champion in the 440-yard dash in 1947 and 1949.[2] He finished fourth in the Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He set a 440-yard hurdle world record of 52.2 on August 31, 1949 at Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway.
Later life
[edit]Ault taught at Highland Park High School, where he led the cross-country team to a state championship,[3] and later became a physical education professor at Westminster College. He also coached track, cross-country, swimming, and golf at Westminster.[1] He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[2] He is also a member of the University of Missouri Hall of Fame and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dick Ault". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Dick Ault". mosportshalloffame.com. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "Richard "Dick" Ault". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Dick Ault". westminster-mo.edu. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
