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Clare Jacobs

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Clare Jacobs
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 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]

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References

  1. ^ 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.