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Jearl Miles Clark

ジール・マイルス・クラーク　/　じーる・まいるす・くらーく

American middle-distance runner

September 4, 1966 (age 59)　・　Gainesville, Florida, United States

Florida
middle-distance runner
sprinter

My Take

Jearl Miles Clark is the sort of athlete I admire on principle. Holding the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40 is a brutal benchmark, and doing it while also racing the 400 means living in the most punishing stretch of track, where speed and endurance fight each other. At 170 cm she was not built to overpower anyone, which makes the numbers feel earned rather than gifted. Coming out of Gainesville and Alabama A and M, she strikes me as a craftswoman who let the stopwatch argue on her behalf. That quiet, results-first toughness is exactly my kind of greatness.

Overview

Jearl Atawa Miles Clark (née Miles; born September 4, 1966, in Gainesville, Florida) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters. She held the American record in the women's 800 m at 1:56.40.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jearl Miles Clark
Name (Japanese): ジール・マイルス・クラーク
Reading: じーる・まいるす・くらーく
Born: September 4, 1966 (age 59)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: Gainesville, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 170 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: middle-distance runner / sprinter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Buchholz High School
University: Alabama A & M University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF

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