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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).
Smith was United States indoor pole vault champion in 1972–73. [4] He was also the first vaulter to break the 18-foot barrier indoors in 1973. [1] Smith qualified for the 1972 Munich Olympics but failed to make the final. [1] In the Olympic trials, Smith finished second in a top-quality competition – Bob Seagren, the winner, broke the world ...
1963 4th Pole Vault Pomona High School, Pomona: 1968 Gold medal Olympic Pole Vault 1972 Silver medal Pole Vault 2 time Superstars winner actor on Soap: Guinn Smith: 1937 tied 2nd High Jump and Pole Vault Glendale High School, Glendale: 1948 Gold medal Olympic Pole Vault Herschel Curry Smith: 1922 1st 100y, 4th 220y, 1923 3rd 100y, 2nd 220y
In the 1972 Summer Olympics, a last-minute ruling barred the new banana-Pole from Olympic competition, forcing some vaulters, including Seagren, to compete with unfamiliar poles. East German Wolfgang Nordwig didn't use a Cata-Pole and won the gold medal, with Seagren coming second. It was the first time an American had failed to win the Olympic ...
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the Paris Olympics made it appear like he knocked down the crossbar with his "bulge."
Paul Wilson (born July 30, 1947) [1] is an American athlete specializing in the pole vault. He was the world record holder in the event. The first vaulter to clear his age in feet. In 1967 he was the number-one ranked pole vaulter in the world, but his career was cut short by injury.
Pontiac grad and former state champion Emily Grove missed the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team by just six spots. We caught up with her after the trials.
William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte are the reigning Olympic champions from 2021. Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles ...