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{{Short description|American hammer thrower (1959–2022)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jud Logan
| image = Jud Logan.png
| birth_name = Judson Campbell Logan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|07|19|mf=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|01|03|1959|07|19|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Ashland, Ohio]]
| education = [[Kent State University]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Track and field|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]]|[[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's hammer throw|Hammer throw]]}}
}}

'''Judson Campbell Logan''' (July 19, 1959 – January 3, 2022) was an American [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]]. He won a [[gold medal]] in the [[hammer throw]] at the [[1987 Pan American Games]] in [[Indianapolis]]. Logan competed in four [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]], starting in 1984.  His best finish was 13th in the qualifying round in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/jud-logan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/jud-logan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Jud Logan Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>Janosky, Mike (1992-08-09). [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/09/sports/barcelona-us-female-shot-putter-banned-after-drug-test.html BARCELONA; U.S. Female Shot-Putter Banned After Drug Test]. ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved on 2010-10-10.</ref>

==Biography==
Logan had bests of 49-11 (SP) and 171-11 (DT) in high school, but did not qualify for the state meet. He is quoted of saying, "And I made it to four Olympics. That's what I tell kids now: never give up on your dreams."

He played [[tight end]] in high school at [[Hoover High School (Ohio)|Hoover High School]], before attending [[Kent State University]] and playing football for two and a half seasons.<ref name=":0" /> He was but a walk-on to the track team and was known to give his medals away to children who watch the competition, saying "I'm not into collecting or saving medals. Maybe it will mean more to them than it will to me. But it makes me feel good."

He was for a time, the oldest top-level U.S. track star. After turning 40 in 1999, Logan was still determined to continue throwing.
:"I'm going to keep throwing until there are three guys who can keep me off the Olympic team. As long as I can make the A standards for the Worlds and Olympics, and keep making teams, I'm going to keep doing it." Following that statement he made his fourth Olympic team and threw in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. He had continued throwing into the Masters division, setting the [[Masters Athletics World Records|world M50 record]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://masterstrack.com/2009/10/2090/ |title=Masterstrack.com » Jud Logan destroys M50 world records in hammer, WT |access-date=2010-09-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126040747/http://masterstrack.com/2009/10/2090/ |archive-date=2010-11-26 }}</ref>

Logan won the British [[AAA Championships]] title in the hammer throw event at the [[1989 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>

===Later life===
Logan resided in [[Ashland, Ohio]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goashlandeagles.com/sports/track/coaches/Jud_Logan|title=Jod Logan|work=USA Track & Field|date=2001-01-24|access-date=2007-10-01|archive-date=April 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411072434/http://goashlandeagles.com/sports/track/coaches/Jud_Logan|url-status=dead}}</ref> where he coached the [[Ashland University]] track team. He became head coach in 2004 and was named Indoor Men's Coach of the Year in the [[Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] in 2008–09.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.gliac.org/sports/mtrack-ind/2008-09/news/MW_ITF_DII_COY_rel|title=Ashland's Jud Logan and Grand Valley State's Jerry Baltes Named USTFCCCA D-II Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field"Coaches of the Year,". Coach Logan lived by his saying "Yep", which he coined in the early 80's.Respectively|date=12 March 2009|website=gliac.org}}</ref>

He died from complications of [[COVID-19]] in Ashland on January 3, 2022, at age 62.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://eu.cantonrep.com/story/sports/college/2022/01/03/jud-logan-death-four-time-olympics-hammer-ashland-university-track-and-field-coach-north-canton/9075372002/|title=Four-time Olympian and North Canton native Jud Logan remembered for his impact as both a coach and athlete|work=[[The Repository]]|date=3 January 2022|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arnoldfuneralhome.com/obituary/JudsonJud-Logan|title=Judson "Jud" C. Logan|website=Arnold Funeral Homes|date=3 January 2022|access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> He was also being treated for [[leukemia]] for the two years prior to his death.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-04|title=Four-time U.S. Olympic hammer thrower Jud Logan dead at 62|url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-europe-ohio-2020-tokyo-olympics-coaching-c16849f594a2d804571bdc4650e9ebb4|access-date=2022-01-04|work=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{USA}}
|-
|'''[[1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1984]]'''
|[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Los Angeles]], [[United States]]
|13th
|71.18 m
|-
|'''[[1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1986]]'''
|[[1986 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
|7th
|74.78 m
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1987]]'''
|[[Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
|[[Indianapolis]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|77.24 m
|-
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|14th
|74.80 m 
|-
|'''[[1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1988]]'''
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|19th
|72.64 m 
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''[[1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1991]]'''
| [[Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
| [[Havana, Cuba]]
| bgcolor="silver"  | 2nd
|70.32 m
|-
| [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
| [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| 19th
| 70.04 m 
|-
|'''1992'''
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|
|DQ
|-
|'''[[1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1997]]'''
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|25th
|71.92 m 
|-
|'''[[2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2000]]'''
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's hammer throw|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|39th
|68.42 m  
|}

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023532/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/jud-logan-1.html SR|Olympics Sports-Jud Logan]

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