William Hoyt (athlete)
American pole vaulter (1875–1954)
| Medal record | ||
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Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1896 Athens | Pole vault |
William Welles Hoyt (born May 7, 1875, in Glastonbury, Connecticut; died December 1, 1954, in Cambridge, New York) was an American track and field athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut.[1]
Hoyt competed in the pole vault, winning the event with a height of 3.30 metres. He also ran the 110 metres hurdles. He placed second in his heat, after Thomas Curtis, but did not run in the final.
Hoyt received his secondary education at The Roxbury Latin School. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA and MD.[2]
References
External links
- William Hoyt at Olympics.com
- William Hoyt at Olympedia
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Olympic champions in men's pole vault
- 1896:
William Hoyt (USA) - 1900:
Irving Baxter (USA) - 1904: Charles Dvorak (USA)
- 1908: Edward Cook (USA)
1908: Alfred Gilbert (USA) - 1912:
Harry Babcock (USA) - 1920: Frank Foss (USA)
- 1924: Lee Barnes (USA)
- 1928: Sabin Carr (USA)
- 1932: Bill Miller (USA)
- 1936: Earle Meadows (USA)
- 1948: Guinn Smith (USA)
- 1952: Bob Richards (USA)
- 1956: Bob Richards (USA)
- 1960:
Don Bragg (USA) - 1964: Fred Hansen (USA)
- 1968: Bob Seagren (USA)
- 1972:
Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) - 1976:
Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) - 1980:
Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) - 1984:
Pierre Quinon (FRA) - 1988:
Sergey Bubka (URS) - 1992:
Maksim Tarasov (EUN) - 1996: Jean Galfione (FRA)
- 2000: Nick Hysong (USA)
- 2004: Timothy Mack (USA)
- 2008:
Steve Hooker (AUS) - 2012: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
- 2016:
Thiago Braz da Silva (BRA) - 2020:
Armand Duplantis (SWE)
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