Josh Culbreath
Photo credit: Wandoo Makurdi, 2008.
Culbreath (center) with Gen. James T. Conway (left) and SgtMaj Carlton Kent (left) accepts his induction into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame. |
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| Full name | Joshua Culbreath | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||
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September 14, 1932 Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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 United States
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400m hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Morgan State College (1952-1955) United States Marine Corps (1956-1958) |
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Joshua "Josh" Culbreath (born September 14, 1932) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles — the national outdoor champion from 1953 to 1955; three-time winner of the event in the Penn Relays in the same years, and Olympic bronze medal winner in 1956, while he was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps; and world record holder in 1957. Culbreath was inducted into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Joshua Culbreath was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on September 14, 1932. Culbreath began running the hurdles in high school and 1951 was ranked second in the U.S. in the 200 yard low hurdles and was the Pennsylvania's state high school champion in that event.
Culbreath graduated from Morgan State College in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, where he was the USA Outdoor champion in the 400m hurdles for three consecutive years — 1953, 1954, and 1955. He was also a three-time winner of the event in the Penn Relays during the same years, the last time this has been accomplished. Culbreath later received a Master of Arts degree in Education from Temple University.
He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1956 to 1958. During his time in the Marine Corps, he competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 400 metre hurdles where he won the bronze medal. He also won several military and NATO track and field medals. He set the world records in the hurdles in 1956 and 1957 — in the 300 yard Oval Grass Track, set in Bendigo, Australia in 1956 and in the 440 yard hurdles, set in Oslo, Norway in 1957.
In 1988, Culbreath became the track and field coach at Central State University in Ohio, where he coached his team to 10 NAIA championships. Four of his athletes competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, including the 400m hurdles gold medalist, Deon Hemmings. His son, Jahan Culbreath, also an All-American 400m hurdler, is now the coach at Central State.
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