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2. Don Bragg - Wikipedia

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   Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High School. [2]Bragg was the last of the great pole vaulters to use an aluminum pole. From 1954 until 1960, he was always world ranked and capped a championship career in 1960 by setting a world record of 15' 9 + 1 ⁄ 4" (4.80 m) at the Olympic Trials and winning an Olympic gold medal with a vault of 15' 5" (4.70 m).

3. Pole vault - Wikipedia

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   Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish people, although modern pole vaulting, an athletic ...

4. Men's pole vault world record progression - Wikipedia

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   The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1 ] As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event. Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing ...

5. Allison Stokke - Wikipedia

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   Allison Rebecca Stokke Fowler (born March 22, 1989) [1] is an American track and field athlete and fitness model. She broke a number of American records for high school pole vaulting. Images of her at age seventeen were widely shared on the Internet, resulting in her becoming an internet phenomenon. Stokke continued to pole vault, attending ...

6. USS Belknap (CG-26) - Wikipedia

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   6 × 12.76-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes (removed in 1991) Harpoon missiles. Phalanx CIWS. USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26), named for Rear Admirals George E. Belknap (1832–1903) and his son Reginald Rowan Belknap (1871–1959), was the lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy. She was launched in 1963 as DLG-26, a ...

7. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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   A pair of shoes can be seen hanging from the wires (center-left, far right) A utility pole is a column or post, usually made out of wood or aluminum alloy, [ 1 ] used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable, fiber optic cable, and related equipment such as transformers and street lights.

8. Walking stick - Wikipedia

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   Around the 17th or 18th century, a walking stick became an essential part of the European gentleman's wardrobe. The fashion may have originated with Louis XIV, who favored a walking stick, possibly because he wore high heels. [2] As a curator of the Detroit Institute of Arts wrote about elaborate walking sticks in their collection:

9. Wardrobe - Wikipedia

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   A wardrobe, also called armoire or almirah, is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a ...