Assignment#6: Black history month.

Harry Jerome is one of the best athletes to ever represent Canada. He set 1 WORLD RECORD in the 220 meter sprint. But then he set another WORLD record is the 100m dash of 10 seconds. HIS SPORT is running, specifically sprinting. unfortunately, in 1960 he pulled a muscle in his leg and couldn't compete is the Olympics held in Rome. But 2 years later he gets another chance to compete. This is when he sets the new record or 10 seconds.

In 1966 Harry Jerome again confirmed his status as one of the world’s fastest humans when he struck gold at the Commonwealth Games.

He retired from athletics in 1969. :) His full name is Henry ("Harry") Winston Jerome

A major contribution, is representing Canada EXTREMELY well, Allowing Canada's popularity level to go up.


The 2 places that I got this information was: www.bccns.com/harry.htm and http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Jerome