What is Cy Young (athlete)?
{{for|the American baseball player|Cy Young}} '''Cyrus Charles Young''' (July 23, 1928 – December 6, 2017) was an American athlete. He was born in [[Modesto, California|Modesto]], [[California]]. He competed mainly in the [[javelin throw]]. He studied at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA). He was the first non-European man to win the gold medal in the javelin throw in the Olympics in 1952, and – through the 2012 London Olympics – he remains the only American male to earn Olympic gold in the event. Young died in Modesto on December 6, 2017 of [[vascular dementia]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modbee.com/sports/article188897524.html|title=Modesto's Cy Young, the only American javelin thrower to win Olympic gold, dies at 89|publisher=}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Cy}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from vascular dementia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in California]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:American track and field athletes]] [[Category:Javelin throwers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from California]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}