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Ollan Cassell
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1964 Tokyo | 4x400m relay | |
Ollan Conn Cassell (born October 5, 1937) is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Born in Nickelsville, Virginia, Ollan Cassell won his first AAU championship title in 1957 in 220 yd.
Cassell took up the quarter-mile when attending to University of Houston. In 1962, he won a gold medals in the 400 m and 4x400 m relay and a silver medal in the 4x100 m relay at the World Military Championships. The following year, at the 1963 Pan-American Games, Cassell won two gold medals in the relays and was second in 200 m and sixth in 100 m.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Cassell was a semifinalist in 400 m and ran the opening leg in the American 4x400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.00.7.
Cassell won his second (and last) AAU title in 440 yd in 1965. After that, he retired from sports and started to work as the track and field administrator of the AAU from 1965-1972. He was an Executive Director of the AAU from 1970-1980 and Executive Director of USA Track and Field from 1980-1997. He also was a founding member of the International Athletics Foundation that was created in 1988 and served as vice-president of the International Amateur Athletics Foundation (IAAF) from 1976-1986. Right now he serves as an adjunct professor for Olympic Sports history at the University of Indianapolis and is the president of the Indiana Olympian Association.