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Bob Richards
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Amerikaans polsstokhoogspringer (1926-2023)
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Eugene Richards , ( 1926-02-20 ) February 20, 1926, Champaign, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) (aged 97)
- Party
- Populist (1984–1996), American Freedom (2010–2023)
- Alma mater
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Sport
- Pole vault, decathlon
- Club
- LAAC , Los Angeles
- Personal best s
- HJ – 1.91 m (1954), PV – 4.72 m (1957), LJ – 7.09 m (1954)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bob
- Family name
- Richards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Champaign
- Place of death
- Waco
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Bob Richards 1951.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- date of birth
- 1926-02-20
- Commons category
- Bob Richards
- sports discipline competed in
- pole vault
- name in native language
- Robert Eugene Richards
- nickname
- The Vaulting Vicar
- different from
- Robert Richards
- date of death
- 2023-02-26
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
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Robert Eugene (Bob) Richards (Champaign (Illinois), 20 februari 1926) is een voormalige Amerikaanse atleet, die gespecialiseerd was in het polsstokhoogspringen. Hij werd tweemaal olympisch kampioen en meervoudig Amerikaans kampioen in deze discipline. Hij was ook een sterk tienkamper, getuige zijn meerdere nationale titels op dit onderdeel.
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