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Bob Richards
Also known as Robert Richards, Robert Eugene Richards
American athletics competitor, pole vaulter (1926–2023)
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- I Want to Be a Lion Tamer a Guide to Living Your Passion
- Its in the Fine Print from the files of Consumer Watch 1999 first edition paperbk
- Triangle of Treason : An Enthralling Spy Thriller Set in WW2 Bermuda
- Triangle of Treason
- Yellowstone Country
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Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the first male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history (a feat only equalled in 2024 by Armand Duplantis).
While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket.
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1926 births2023 deaths20th-century American sportsmenAmerican Freedom Party politiciansAmerican masters athletesAmerican members of the Church of the BrethrenAmerican men pole vaultersAthletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American GamesAthletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games