Alma Richards

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Alma Richards (1912)

Full name Alma Wilford Richards
nation United States 48United States United States
birthday February 20, 1890
place of birth Parowan ,  USA
size 188 cm
Weight 84 kg
date of death April 3, 1963
Place of death Long Beach , USA
Career
discipline High jump ; Decathlon
Best performance High jump: 1.956 m; Decathlon: 5719 points
society BYU Cougars Provo
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Stockholm 1912 high jump

Alma Wilford Richards (born February 20, 1890 in Parowan , Utah , † April 3, 1963 in Long Beach , California ) was an American athlete .

He won at the Olympic Games in 1912 in Stockholm with 1.93 meters the gold medal in the high jump at the German Hans Lie (1.91 meters) and reigning world champion George Horine (1.89 meters), which only a few weeks before the Olympic Games with a new style that went down in sports history as a western scooter , the first person to jump over two meters. Richards was the first inhabitants of the State of Utah , the Olympic champion was.

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Richards during one of his attempts in Stockholm
personal data
SURNAME Richards, Alma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards, Alma Wilford (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Parowan
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1963
Place of death Long Beach (California)