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Born | Speightstown, Saint Peter, Barbados | 23 October 1950
Died | 28 March 2020 Dallas, Texas, U.S. | (aged 69)
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Sport | Sprinting |
Event | 100 metres |
Pearson G. Jordan (23 October 1950 – 28 March 2020) was a Barbadian sprinter.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2] Jordan competed for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1976 to 1979. He was part of the championship 4 × 400 m relay in 1979.[3]
Jordan who was originally from Speightstown, Saint Peter, Barbados,[4] died of complications from COVID-19 on 28 March 2020, at age 69 in Dallas during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.[5][6] Jordan was the first announced death of an Olympian from the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
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