Samuel Jones (athlete)
American high jumper (1880–1954)
Jones in 1904 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | January 16, 1880 Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
Died | April 13, 1954 (aged 74) Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | high jump |
Club | New York University Violets & NYAC |
Samuel Symington Jones (January 16, 1880 – April 13, 1954) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the high jump where he won the gold medal.[1]
Biography
Jones won the British AAA Championships high jump title at the 1902 AAA Championships.[2][3]
Two years later in 1904, Jones represented the United States at the 1904 Olympics, winning the high jump event.
References
External links
- Samuel Jones at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1896: Ellery Harding Clark (USA)
- 1900: Irving Baxter (USA)
- 1904: Samuel Jones (USA)
- 1908: Harry Porter (USA)
- 1912: Alma Richards (USA)
- 1920: Richmond Landon (USA)
- 1924: Harold Osborn (USA)
- 1928: Bob King (USA)
- 1932: Duncan McNaughton (CAN)
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson (USA)
- 1948: John Winter (AUS)
- 1952: Walt Davis (USA)
- 1956: Charles Dumas (USA)
- 1960: Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
- 1964: Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1968: Dick Fosbury (USA)
- 1972: Jüri Tarmak (URS)
- 1976: Jacek Wszoła (POL)
- 1980: Gerd Wessig (GDR)
- 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1988: Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
- 1992: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1996: Charles Austin (USA)
- 2000: Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
- 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE)
- 2008: Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2012: Erik Kynard (USA)
- 2016: Derek Drouin (CAN)
- 2020: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
- 2020: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2024: Hamish Kerr (NZL)
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