Mann

While at Brigham Young, Ralph Mann won both the NCAA and the AAU 440 y hurdles in 1969, 1970, and 1971. In 1971 he also won the Pan American Games and in 1972, after setting a U.S. record of 48.4 at the Final Trials, he was beaten by Uganda's John Akii-Bua at the Olympics. Mann won his fourth AAU title in 1975 and won silver in the PanAm Games in that year. In winning the 1970 NCAA title, he set a world record of 48.8 for the 440 y hurdles and his best metric mark was 48.4 at the 1972 Final Trials

Mann earned his Ph.D. in biomechanics at Washington State University in 1975. He was a professor and researcher at the University of Kentucky from 1975-82, and he then began a consulting career that specialized in sports performance analysis. In 1982, Dr. Mann was intimately involved in creating a sport science program within the high performance ranks of USA Track & Field, and he was a longtime contributor to the program, focusing on using biomechanical analysis on elite sprinters and hurdlers to evaluate and improve their performances. He was the founder and president of CompuSport, Inc., and president of SwingModel LLC, which specialized in the biomechanical analysis and interactive improvement of golfers of all levels of development, from beginners to Tour players.

Inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2015, Mann was also a BYU Hall of Fame honoree in 1981.

Ralf Mann is overleden aan de gevolgen van alvleesklierkanker.