Ron Jourdan

Ron Jourdan

Ronald Lee Jourdan (born February 28, 1947) is a former American college and Olympic track and field athlete. Jourdan was a NCAA champion in the high jump from Florida and member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team. Jourdan, along with Reynaldo Brown of California, was the last great American high jumper to use the straight-leg straddle, the jump style which dominated the sport in the 1950s and 1960s. His personal best was a jump of 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 meters).