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American athletics competitor

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1939-12-17
Active to
1992-10-05
motownrock and indiesoul

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Listeners
5
Total plays
6

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Key facts

Nationality
American
Born
Samuel Hathorn Kendricks , ( 1992-09-07 ) September 7, 1992 (age 33) , Oceanside, California , U.S.
Home town
Oxford, Mississippi , U.S.
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight
175 lb (79 kg)
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event
Pole vault
College team
University of Mississippi
Club
Nike , U.S. Army , UST-ESSX
Personal bests
Pole vault : Outdoor 6.06 m ( 19 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) ( Des Moines 2019) Indoor 6.01 m ( 19 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) ( Rouen 2020)

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Sports profile

Sport
Athletics
Team
USA Athletics
Position
Pole Vaulter
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Sam
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Oceanside
Languages spoken
English language
Country for sport
United States
Mass
79
Image
Sam Kendricks Rio 2016b.jpg
Height
186
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personal best
6.06
date of birth
1992-09-07
sports discipline competed in
pole vault
Commons category
Sam Kendricks
social media followers
9498
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Encyclopedic overview

Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the 2016 Olympics bronze and 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. In 2019, Kendricks set the American pole vault record at 6.06 m, tying him with Steve Hooker for sixth all time. He later won the gold medal at the World Championships in Doha.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sam Kendricks” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.