What is Mal Whitfield?
[[File:Mal Whitfield USA Athlete, Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Whitfield at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]]]] '''Malvin Greston Whitfield''' (October 11, 1924 &ndash; November 18, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] former [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] and [[goodwill]] ambassador. He was the [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion in the [[800 metres]] at the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] and [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. Overall, he is a five-time Olympic medalist (three gold, one silver, one bronze). Whitfield was born in [[Bay City, Texas|Bay City]], [[Texas]]. He moved at age 4 to [[Watts, Los Angeles]]. He joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]] in 1943 as a member of the [[Tuskegee Airmen]]. After [[World War II]] he remained in the military, but also enrolled at the [[Ohio State University]]. He served inn the [[Korean War]]. Whitfield died under [[hospice]] care in [[Washington, D.C.]] on the night of November 18, 2015 from [[heart failure]], aged 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/November/19/Three-Time-Olympic-Track-Champion-Mal-Whitfield-Dies-At-91|title=Three-Time Olympic Track Champion Mal Whitfield Dies at 91|publisher=Team USA.org|access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/mal-whitfield-1.html Mal Whitfield's profile at Sports Reference.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050955/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/mal-whitfield-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitfield, Mal}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:African-American track and field athletes]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States]] [[Category:American military personnel of the Korean War]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the U