Dick Ault

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Personal information
Full nameRichard Francis Ault
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NationalityAmerican
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SportAthletics
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College teamUniversity of Missouri

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Richard Francis Ault (December 10, 1925 – July 16, 2007) was an American hurdler.

Early life

Richard Francis Ault was born on December 10, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis.[1][2]

Track career

Ault participated in track and field at the University of Missouri and had a second-place finish in the intermediates at the 1949 AAU. He won the Big 6 220-yard low hurdles in 1946 and 1947 and the Big 7 low hurdles in 1948 and 1949. Ault was the conference champion in the 440-yard dash in 1947 and 1949.[2] He finished fourth in the Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He set a 440-yard hurdle world record of 52.2 on August 31, 1949 at Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway.

Later life

Ault taught at Highland Park High School, where he led the cross-country team to a state championship,[3] and later became a physical education professor at Westminster College. He also coached track, cross-country, swimming, and golf at Westminster.[1] He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.[2] He is also a member of the University of Missouri Hall of Fame and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dick Ault". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dick Ault". mosportshalloffame.com. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Richard "Dick" Ault". Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dick Ault". westminster-mo.edu. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.

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