Jud Logan
Judson Campbell Logan was an American athlete. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. Logan competed in four Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best finish was 13th in the qualifying round in 1984. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain he failed the doping test for performance enhancing drugs, and was suspended from competition for two years.
Biography
Logan had bests of 49-11 and 171-11 in high school, but did not qualify for the state meet. He is quoted of saying, "And I made it to four Olympics. That's what I tell kids now: never give up on your dreams."He played tight end in high school at Hoover High School, before attending Kent State University and playing football for two and a half seasons. He was but a walk-on to the track team and was known to give his medals away to children who watch the competition, saying "I'm not into collecting or saving medals. Maybe it will mean more to them than it will to me. But it makes me feel good."
He was for a time, the oldest top-level U.S. track star. After turning 40 in 1999, Logan was still determined to continue throwing.
Logan won the British AAA Championships title in the hammer throw event at the 1989 AAA Championships.
Later life
Logan resided in Ashland, Ohio, where he coached the Ashland University track team. He became head coach in 2004 and was named Indoor Men's Coach of the Year in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2008–09.He died from complications of COVID-19 in Ashland on January 3, 2022, at age 62. He was also being treated for leukemia for the two years prior to his death.