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ed hamm

edward -lrb- `` ed '' or `` eddie '' -rrb- barton hamm -lrb- born 13 april 1906 in lonoke , arkansas -- died june 25 , 1982 -rrb- was an american athlete , who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 summer olympics held in amsterdam , netherlands , becoming the first arkansan to win a gold medal .
the `` atlanta journal '' called him `` the south 's first world champion in any sport . ''
hamm had set a world record of 25-11 -lrb- 7.90 m -rrb- at the u.s. olympic trials in cambridge , ma , on july 7 ,
