Clare Jacobs
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Men’s athletics | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
1908 London | Pole vault |
Clare Stephen Jacobs (February 18, 1886 – February 21, 1971) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born in Madison, South Dakota.
Jacobs was Jewish.[1] He competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the pole vault where he won the bronze medal jointly with Canadian Edward Archibald and Swedish athlete Bruno Söderström. In 1909, he set a new world indoor pole vault record which was unsurpassed for three years.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
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- 1886 births
- 1971 deaths
- American male pole vaulters
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Jewish American sportspeople
- People from Lake County, South Dakota
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs