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Gene Coulon

Gene Coulon was a sprinter and long jumper from Renton, Washington. Born on June 3, 1906 in La Grande, Oregon, he excelled in many events throughout his 22 year career. Despite facing career threatening injuries such as a a spinal cord infection and a fractured jaw bone, Coulon went on to to win the Washington State versatile runner of the year in 1939. After his death in 1972, the Gene Coulon Memorial Park was opened in Renton, Washington. In his honor, the Washington Runner's Association visits locals schools every year, in order to stress the importance of daily exercise, and perseverance.