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Arnie Robinson Jr., Olympic Long Jump Champion, Dies at 72

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.

Arnie Robinson Jr., who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, died on Dec. 2 at his home in San Diego. He was 72.

His death was confirmed by his son, Paul, who said the cause was complications of Covid-19.

After placing third in the long jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he wore an antiu2010Vietnam War armband as he accepted his bronze medal, Mr.