Bob Beamon

Beamon fascinates me because his greatness was essentially a single, transcendent moment. The 8.90 m leap in Mexico City in 1968 didn't just break the world record, it obliterated it by 55 cm and stood for nearly 23 years. I find that almost unsettling: an athlete who jumped so far beyond his era that the sport needed a generation to catch up. There's a purity to a career defined by one perfect attempt. To me, Beamon is a reminder that legacy isn't always about longevity, sometimes a single instant of genius is enough to echo across decades.

Name (English)

Bob Beamon

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・ビーモン

Reading

ぼぶ・びーもん

Born

August 29, 1946 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Jamaica, New York, United States

Height

191 cm

Occupation

athletics competitor / basketball player / athlete

High school

Jamaica High School

University

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Beamon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52604

Tags

• New York
• athletics competitor
• basketball player
• athlete

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.