Names in the News - Jan. 17, 1992
From Staff and Wire Reports
Long jumper Mike Powell, who broke Bob Beamon’s 23-year-old world record by two inches with a 29 foot 4 1/2 leap at the World Championships in August, was named winner of the 1992 Jesse Owens International Trophy Award in New York.
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