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An accomplished athlete, he broke the world record for consecutive chin-ups (39) in 1900 and the distance record for running a long dive in 1902. He invented the pole vault box and set two world records in the pole vault including a record for 12′ 3″ (3.66 meters) at the Spring meet of the Irish American Athletic Club , held at Celtic Park ...
It was the first time an American had failed to win the Olympic gold medal in the pole vault. In fact, no American would again win a gold medal in the pole vault until Nick Hysong won in 2000. A 1968 University of Southern California graduate, Seagren took a try at professional track [ 1 ] and later he started his career in television and ...
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.
John Hans Uelses (born Hans Joachim Feigenbaum; July 14, 1937 – December 15, 2022) was an American pole vaulter.He made history by becoming the first man to vault over 16 feet – on February 2, 1962, at the Millrose Games in New York's Madison Square Garden, before a sold-out crowd, Uelses soared over the bar at 16' 1/4", making headlines around the world.
Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action while winning the gold medal and breaking the world record jumping 6.25m during the Men's Pole Vault Final during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de ...
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for eighth time, soaring to 6.24 meters ... as the Paris Olympic Games creep ever closer, Duplantis has made it clear that he hasn’t yet reached ...
Born in Luhansk, Sergey Nazarovych Bubka was a track-and-field athlete in the 100-meter dash and the long jump, but became a world-class champion only when he turned to the pole vault. In 1983, he won the world championship in Helsinki , Finland, and the following year set his first world record, clearing 5.85m (19 ft 2 in).
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault attempts from the ... victor in the men's pole vault, and set a world record in ... the Games delivered straight ...