Ralph Harold Boston was an American track athlete who received three Olympic medals and became the first person to break the 27 feet (8.2 m) barrier in the long jump. Ralph Boston set the men's long jump world record of 8.28 m in Moscow, Soviet Union on July 16, 1961. It stood 11 months, until Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 8.31 m on June 10, 1962. Wiki link