(1945-06-05) June 5, 1945 (age 78) Harlem, New York, U.S.
Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight
187 lb (85 kg)
Sport
Sport
Sprint running
Club
Santa Clara Valley Youth Village
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100 y – 9.1 (1969) 100 m – 10.0 (1968) 200 m – 19.92 (1968) 440 y – 47.0 (1967)[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
200 m
Pan American Games
1967 Winnipeg
200 m
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is an American former track and field athlete and professional American football player. He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he displayed the Black Power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith. He went on to tie the world record in the 100-yard dash and beat the 200 meters world record (although the latter achievement was never certified). After his track career, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Canadian Football League but retired due to injury.[1]
He became involved with the United States Olympic Committee and helped to organize the 1984 Summer Olympics. Following this, he became a track coach at Palm Springs High School. He was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2003.
He is the author, with sportswriter Dave Zirin, of The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World, published in 2011 by Haymarket Books.
^ abCite error: The named reference sr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is an American former track and field athlete and professional American football player. He was the bronze-medal...
on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and JohnCarlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national...
20-second barrier was broken officially. His Black Power salute with JohnCarlos atop the medal podium to protest racism and injustice against African...
Juan Carlos I (Spanish: [xwaŋˈkaɾlos]; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish...
men's 200 metres race, Black American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and JohnCarlos (bronze) took a stand for civil rights by raising their black-gloved...
of the Olympic Project for Human Rights in support of fellow athletes JohnCarlos and Tommie Smith. Norman grew up in a devout Salvation Army family, living...
American athletes, including noted Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and JohnCarlos, on October 7, 1967. The purpose of the group was to advocate for civil...
the world." At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, medal winners JohnCarlos and Tommie Smith gave the raised fist salute during the American national...
JohnCarlos Frey (born November 3, 1969) is a Mexican-American freelance investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author. Frey is based in...
Edward JohnCarlos (12 February 1798 – 20 January 1851) was an English writer on architecture, and the author of many articles for The Gentleman's Magazine...
JohnCarlos "JC" Gordon de los Reyes (born February 14, 1970) is the President of Ang Kapatiran Party and a senatorial candidate for the 2013 Philippine...
brothers Beau Charles (guitar and vocals) and John Charles (bass and vocals) (birth names: Robert and JohnCarlos Cecchino respectively) The Charles brothers...
Brown. In 1968, Musburger penned a column regarding Tommie Smith and JohnCarlos's protest of racial injustice in the United States with a Black Power...
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkarlos alkaˈɾaθ]; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high...
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos umˈbeɾto sanˈtana βaraˈɣan] ; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding...
have alleged that Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr., and Sam Giancana conspired in the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in retaliation...
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and...
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often known as Roberto Carlos and sometimes RC3, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He...
JohnCarlos Rowe is an American academic and author. He is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine as well as the USC Associates'...
Campbell Drake Rodger as John Winchester Nida Khurshid as Latika "Lata" Desai, a young hunter-in-training Jojo Fleites as Carlos Cervantez, a confident...
Global Information
