At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy he won the silver medal in the long jump, a centimeter short of the Olympic record 8.12 m gold medal jump by Ralph Boston.
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For the 1960 Summer Olympics, the road played host to both the cycling team time trial and the marathon events.