John Craft

John Melvin Craft (born March 24, 1947, in Laurel, Mississippi) is an American former triple jumper who placed 5th in the Men's triple jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] He attended Eastern Illinois University and graduated in 1969 and 1974. Craft also served as assistant coach at Eastern until 2002.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Craft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

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[sref-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Craft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

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v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's triple jump (standing triple jump)
Standing triple jump	1906: Martin Sheridan 1907: Ray Ewry 1908: Samuel Lawrence 1909: Ray Ewry 1910: Daniel Healy
Triple jump	1906: James O'Connell 1907: Platt Adams 1908: Platt Adams 1909: Dan Ahearn 1910: Dan Ahearn 1911: Matthew Fahey 1913: Dan Ahearn 1916: Dan Ahearn 1967: Art Walker 1968: Charles Craig 1969: Norman Tate 1970: Norman Tate 1971: Dave Smith 1972: John Craft 1973: John Craft 1974: Milan Tiff 1975: Tommy Haynes 1976: Tommy Haynes 1977: Tommy Haynes 1978: Ron Livers 1979: Ron Livers 1980: Ron Livers 1981: Mike Marlow 1982: Keith Connor (GBR), Robert Cannon (2nd) 1983: Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR), Mike Conley Sr. (2nd) 1984: Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR), Mike Conley Sr. (2nd) 1985: Mike Conley Sr. 1986: Mike Conley Sr. 1987: Mike Conley Sr. 1988: Ray Kimble 1989: Mike Conley Sr. 1990: Kenny Harrison 1991: Frank Rutherford (BAH), Charles Simpkins (2nd) 1992: Mike Conley Sr. 1993: Tyrone Scott 1994: Tyrone Scott 1995: Kenny Harrison 1996: LaMark Carter 1997: LaMark Carter 1998: Von Ware 1999: LaMark Carter 2000: LeVar Anderson 2001: LaMark Carter 2002: Timothy Rusan 2003: Timothy Rusan 2004: Allen Simms 2005: Walter Davis 2006: Walter Davis 2007: Aarik Wilson 2008: Aarik Wilson 2009: Brandon Roulhac 2010: Lawrence Willis 2011: Rafeeq Curry 2012: Will Claye 2013: Joshua Honeycutt 2014: Chris Carter 2015: Omar Craddock 2016: Chris Carter 2017: Chris Carter 2018: Will Claye 2019: Donald Scott 2020: Donald Scott 2022: Donald Scott 2023: Donald Scott 2024: Chris Carter
Notes	* From 1906 to 1979, events were conducted by the Amateur Athletic Union. Events from 1980 to 1992 were conducted under The Athletics Congress. Events thereafter were conducted by USA Track & Field.

v t e US National Champions in men's triple jump
1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1893: Edward Bloss 1894-1908: Not held 1909: Frank Irons 1910–11: Dan Ahearn 1912: Platt Adams 1913–18: Dan Ahearn 1919-20: Sherman Landers 1921: Kaufman Geist 1922-23: DeHart Hubbard 1924-25: Homer Martin 1926-28: Levi Casey 1929: Robert Kelley 1930: Levi Casey 1931: Robert Kelley 1932: Sidney Bowman 1933: Nathan Blair 1934: Dudley Wilkins 1935: Rolland Romero 1936–37: Billy Brown 1938–39: Herschel Neil 1940–43: Billy Brown 1944: Don Barksdale 1945: Burton Cox 1946: Ralph Tate 1947: Bob Beckus 1948–51: Gay Bryan 1952: Walter Ashbaugh 1953: George Shaw 1954: Claudio Cabreja (CUB) * Pat Lochiatto 1955: Victor Hernandez (CUB) Bill Sharpe 1956: Willie Hollie 1957: Bill Sharpe 1958–60: Ira Davis 1961–62: Bill Sharpe 1963: Kent Floerke 1964: Christos Mousiadis (GRE) Ira Davis 1965–66: Art Walker 1967: Charles Craig 1968: Art Walker 1969: John Craft 1970: Milan Tiff 1971–74: John Craft 1975: Anthony Terry 1976: Tommy Haynes 1977: Milan Tiff 1978: James Butts 1979: Ron Livers
1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–81: Willie Banks 1982: Robert Cannon 1983: Willie Banks 1984: Al Joyner 1985: Willie Banks 1986: Charlie Simpkins 1987–89: Mike Conley 1990–91: Kenny Harrison 1992: Charlie Simpkins
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–95: Mike Conley 1996–97: Kenny Harrison 1998–99: LaMark Carter 2000: Robert Howard 2001: LaMark Carter 2002: Walter Davis 2003: Kenta Bell 2004: Melvin Lister 2005–06: Walter Davis 2007–08: Aarik Wilson 2009: Brandon Roulhac 2010: Kenta Bell 2011–12: Christian Taylor 2013: Omar Craddock 2014: Will Claye 2015: Omar Craddock 2016-7: Will Claye 2018–19: Donald Scott 2021^{2020 OT}: Will Claye
Notes	2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e 1972 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1972 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Jon Anderson Jack Bacheler Larry Black Doug Brown Dick Bruggeman Larry Burton Wayne Collett Willie Davenport Tom Dooley Jeff Galloway Eddie Hart Steve Hayden Thomas Hill Leonard Hilton Goetz Klopfer Mike Manley Ralph Mann Vincent Matthews Rod Milburn Kenny Moore Steve Prefontaine Rey Robinson Jim Ryun Steve Savage Jim Seymour Frank Shorter Chuck Smith John Smith Ken Swenson Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker (r) William Weigle Bob Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter Dave Wottle George Young Larry Young
Men's field athletes	Jeff Bannister Jeff Bennett Preston Carrington John Craft Chris Dunn Al Feuerbach George Frenn Tom Gage Bruce Jenner Jan Johnson Ron Jourdan Fred Luke Brian Oldfield John Powell Arnie Robinson Bill Schmidt Al Schoterman Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Dave Smith Steve Smith Milt Sonsky Dwight Stones Tim Vollmer Art Walker Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Iris Davis Debra Edwards Mable Fergerson Barbara Ferrell Pam Greene Kathy Hammond Patty Johnson Wendy Koenig Francie Kraker Francie Larrieu Madeline Manning Mildrette Netter (r) Lacey O'Neal Mamie Rallins Mattiline Render Jackie Thompson Cheryl Toussaint Martha Watson
Women's field athletes	Kim Attlesey Roberta Brown Sherry Calvert Olga Connolly Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Cindy Gilbert Sandi Goldsberry Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Jan Svendsen Martha Watson Deanne Wilson Willye White
Coaches	Bill Bowerman (men's head coach) Ted Haydon (men's assistant coach) Hoover Wright (men's assistant coach) Stan Wright (men's assistant coach) Nell Jackson (women's head coach) Randall Lambert (women's assistant coach) Ron Sorkness (women's assistant coach)