Ben Adams (athlete)

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Ben Adams (1912)
Full name	Benjamin Willard Adams
nation	United States
birthday	March 31, 1890
place of birth	Newark ,  USA
size	188 cm
Weight	78 kg
date of death	March 14, 1961
Place of death	Neptune City , USA
Career
discipline	High jump , long jump
society	New York Athletic Club
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Olympic games silver Stockholm 1912 Standing vault bronze Stockholm 1912 Stand long jump

Ben Adams (actually Benjamin Willard Adams ; born March 31, 1890 in Newark , New Jersey , † March 14, 1961 in Neptune City , New Jersey) was an American athlete specializing in the disciplines standing vault and standing long jump . Adams won medals in both sports at the 1912 Olympic Games : bronze in the standing long jump and silver in the standing high jump. In the latter discipline he was only defeated by his brother Platt Adams , who won gold.

Athletic career

Ben Adams was a member of the New York Athletic Club , which has produced numerous Olympic champions to this day. In his time, Adams was one of the most successful athletes there. The double victory in the standing vault with his brother Platt in 1912 went down in the history of the Olympic Games. It marks the only occupation of the first two places in an athletics competition by siblings.

Ben Adams not only competed in the two regular jumping disciplines at the 1912 Olympic Games, but also took part in the baseball demonstration tournament, in which no medals were awarded.

After the 1912 Summer Games, the jumps from the stand were deleted from the Olympic program.

Personal best

• Standing vault: 1.60 meters
• Stand long jump: 3.28 meters

Web links

Commons : Ben Adams  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ben Adams in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )