Person Bio Biographies, Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements Sprinter well-known for putting on a individual rights badge through the podium wedding ceremony in the 1968 Olympics to get his American podium-mates who also joined inside a dark power salute. He was informed in the Southport College in Queensland, Australia. He was a five-time Australian 200-meter champ. He was raised in Coburg, Victoria, Australia. John Carlos and Tommie Smith had been both African-American men around the 200-meter Olympic podium who saluted in protest from the civil privileges turmoil in america at that time.
