{"id":155955,"date":"2019-09-19T16:04:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympique.ca\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=155955"},"modified":"2021-12-09T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T17:05:36","slug":"sammy-richardson","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/sammy-richardson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Richardson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Le jeune Canadien Sam Richardson a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/jeux\/1936-berlin\/\">Berlin 1936<\/a>, terminant au 14e rang de l&rsquo;\u00e9preuve de saut en longueur, 20e au triple saut et cinqui\u00e8me au relais 4&#215;100 m en compagnie de ses co\u00e9quipiers <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/team-canada\/bruce-humber\/\">Bruce Humber<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/team-canada\/lee-orr\/\">Lee Orr <\/a>et <a href=\"https:\/\/olympique.ca\/team-canada\/howard-mcphee\/\">Howie McPhee<\/a>. Il est aussi devenu ami avec l&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain Jesse Owens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Double m\u00e9daill\u00e9 des Jeux de l&rsquo;Empire britannique en 1934 (deux ans avant d&rsquo;aller \u00e0 Berlin 1936), Richardson a remport\u00e9 l&rsquo;or \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9preuve de saut en longueur et a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent au triple saut. Il a battu un record canadien avec un saut de 7,59 m (24 pieds et 11 pouces) aux Championnats canadiens de 1935 tenus \u00e0 Winnipeg, un record qui a tenu pendant 25 ans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 l\u2019\u00c9cole publique King Edward, puis l\u2019\u00c9cole publique Lord Lansdowne, avant d&rsquo;\u00e9tudier au Central Technical School de Toronto o\u00f9 il a jet\u00e9 les bases de l&rsquo;h\u00e9ritage sportif de l&rsquo;\u00e9cole, devenant le premier de plusieurs \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 participer aux Jeux olympiques. Apr\u00e8s ses \u00e9tudes secondaires, Richardson a refus\u00e9 une bourse d&rsquo;\u00e9tudes sportive parce qu&rsquo;il avait davantage un urgent besoin d&rsquo;argent plut\u00f4t que d&rsquo;une \u00e9ducation. Apr\u00e8s avoir pris sa retraite de la course, Richardson a eu de la difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 se trouver du travail, mais s&rsquo;est finalement s&rsquo;\u00e9tablit \u00e0 long terme comme machiniste de plateau \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision anglaise de Radio-Canada, notamment pour les \u00e9missions <em>The Wayne and Shuster Show<\/em> et <em>Mr. Dressup<\/em>. Il s&rsquo;est mari\u00e9 \u00e0 Toronto, le 18 f\u00e9vrier 1937.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c0 l\u2019occasion des c\u00e9l\u00e9brations du Mois de l&rsquo;histoire des Noirs en 2018, la famille de Richardson \u00e9tait pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 son <em>alma mater<\/em>, la Central Technical High School, pour d\u00e9voiler un nouveau panneau de signalisation d\u00e9signant la ruelle devant l&rsquo;\u00e9cole qui porte d\u00e9sormais le nom de \u00ab Sam Richardson Way \u00bb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1977.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le jeune Canadien Sam Richardson a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 Berlin 1936, terminant au 14e rang de l&rsquo;\u00e9preuve de saut en longueur,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150157,"template":"","tags":[],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162657],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[48770],"game":[9241378],"team":[],"event":[],"province":[415983158],"class_list":["post-155955","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162657","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-athletisme","game-1936-berlin","province-ontario"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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