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Born | March 13, 1874 West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||||
Died | February 17, 1949 (aged 75) near Hingham, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump, long jump, triple jump, hammer throw, shot put | ||||||||||||||
Club | Boston Athletic Association | ||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | HJ – 1.81 m (1896) LJ – 6.60 m (1897) TJ – 12.88 m (1895) HT – 38.48 m (1899) SP – 12.06 m (1897)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Ellery Harding Clark (March 13, 1874 – February 17, 1949) was an American track and field athlete. He was the first modern Olympic champion in high jump and long jump.
Biography
Clark is the only person to have won both the Olympic high jump and long jump. Clark achieved it in 1896, at the first modern Olympics in Athens. A Harvard student, he was given a leave of absence to compete because of his high grades - in contrast to another gold medal winner from Harvard, James Connolly. Clark was one of the top all-around athletes from 1893 to 1912.
In the long jump, Clark had used his hat to mark his runway. Twice the judge (King Constantine of Greece) had removed the hat, saying this was a practice of professionals. Only at the third attempt, and without the hat, did Clark achieve a valid jump, good enough for gold. His final jump was of 6.35 meters. Clark later won the high jump as well, clearing 1.81 meters. The closest competitors were fellow Americans Connolly and Robert Garrett at 1.65 meters. In the shot put, Clark was among the bottom three of the seven-man field.[1]
He never won a national championship in either jump, but he was the 1897 and 1903 AAU champion in the all-around, an event similar to the decathlon. He won the 1897 American all-around championship with performances that would have won him the 1896 Olympic high jump, long jump, and shot put, and probably the 100 m sprint and the 110 m hurdles as well.
Ellery also competed in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, in the all-around competition. Although he had to abandon the contest after five events due to bronchitis, he was still classed sixth. At age 32, he was still winning major meets. He competed as a walker until the age of 56.[1][3]
Clark's professional life was equally varied. He excelled as an author, lawyer, track coach, teacher and Boston city alderman. He wrote 19 books including one which was made into a 1952 film, Caribbean.[1]
He was inducted into the USATF Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Ellery Clark Archived 8 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Ellery Clark. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Ellery Clark. USA Track & Field Hall of Fame
External links
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- 1874 births
- 1949 deaths
- American male high jumpers
- American male long jumpers
- American male decathletes
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Harvard Crimson track and field athletes
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
- Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics