Beamon
Americannoun
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He was born Donald Gray Triplett on 8 September 1933 to Mary and Beamon Triplett, a wealthy couple.
From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023
Tackle Antonio Shelton left the program while Adisa Isaac and Hakeem Beamon were lost to injuries before the season began.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021
Then Bob Beamon soared through the thin Mexico air, beyond the range of the electronic measuring device and out to an unheard-of 8.90m, another 55cm further.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2021
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Mr. Beamon, a maintenance worker at the Princeton Club of New York, remembered the mayor from his childhood, John Lindsay, because “my mom and dad were crazy about him.”
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2021
American Bob Beamon made an astonishing leap of 29 feet 2½ inches to shatter the existing world by almost two feet.
From Washington Post • May 20, 2021
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