Calvin Bricker
Calvin Bricker 
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| Full name | Calvin David Bricker | |||||||||
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| birthday | November 3, 1884 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Listowel (Ontario) , Canada | |||||||||
| date of death | April 22, 1963 | |||||||||
| Place of death | Grenfell (Saskatchewan), Canada | |||||||||
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| discipline | Long jump , triple jump | |||||||||
| Best performance | Long jump: 7.22 m; Triple jump: 14.10 m | |||||||||
| society | Toronto West End YMCA | |||||||||
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Calvin David Bricker (born November 3, 1884 in Toronto , † April 22, 1963 in Grenfell , Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian athlete who was successful as a long jumper in the years before the First World War .
He won two Olympic medals:
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IV. 1908 Summer Olympics in London :
- BRONZE with 7.08 m behind two Americans: Frank Irons (gold with 7.48 m) and Daniel Kelly (silver with 7.09 m). In the triple jump he came fourth with 14.10 m - for a medal he would have had to jump exactly 20 cm further.
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V. 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm :
- SILVER with 7.21 m behind the American Albert Gutterson (gold with 7.60 m) and in front of the Norwegian Georg Åberg (bronze with 7.18 m).
He could not win a national championship. There are only three second places with modest widths for him:
- 1906 7.06 m
- 1907 6.29 m
- 1909 6.57 m
Web links
- Calvin Bricker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Bricker, Calvin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bricker, Calvin David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1963 |
| Place of death | Grenfell, Saskatchewan |