Something that struck me with awe when I first noticed it in one of
Quercetani's historical volumes is that Bill Miller, later to place first in
the 1932 Olympics, vaulted 13-2 5/8 (4.02) at age 15 (15!) (born in November
1912, meet in April 1928), 13th in the world for that year.
Bill Allen
The Universiade results page is awkward but manageable once you get the hang
of it. And it is a delight for those who cherish evidences of the Mysteries
of the East: Qualifiers -- even a gold medallist -- whose performances are
recorded but not their names. The gold medallist case is understand
How about Ralph Craig? Won both sprints in 1912, was on the yachting team
in 1948 (no medal, though).
Bill Allen
Not the same Olympics, but Szewinska was second in the broad jump in Tokyo
and then won the 400 meters in Montreal.
Bill Allen
I've been away, and it takes a while to go through all the foolishness on
this list to find the occasional item of interest. So, though the subject
is no doubt long since forgotten by those with typical American attention
spans, Bud Spencer (gold medallist 1600mr 1928) may have been the pioneer
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