Pearson Jordan


Pearson G. Jordan was a Barbadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Jordan competed for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1976 to 1979. He was part of the championship 4 × 400 m relay in 1979.
Jordan who was originally from Speightstown, Saint Peter, Barbados, died of complications from COVID-19 on 28 March 2020, at age 69 in Dallas during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. Jordan was the first announced death of an Olympian from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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