Donald Lippincott
Donald Lippincott 
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| Full name | Donald Fithian Lippincott | |||||||||
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| birthday | November 16, 1893 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Philadelphia , USA | |||||||||
| size | 178 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg | |||||||||
| date of death | January 9, 1962 | |||||||||
| Place of death | Philadelphia, USA | |||||||||
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| discipline | sprint | |||||||||
| Best performance | 100 m: 10.6 s; 200 m: 21.8 s | |||||||||
| society | Penn Quakers Philadelphia | |||||||||
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| last change: February 14, 2017 | ||||||||||
Donald Lippincott ( Donald Fithian "Don" Lippincott ; born November 16, 1893 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † January 9, 1962 there ) was an American sprinter .
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he won two medals. Over 100 m he was third behind his compatriots Ralph Craig and Alvah Meyer , over 200 m second behind Craig and ahead of the British Willie Applegarth .
In 1913, a few days before the death of his coach Mike Murphy, he won the IC4A championship over 220 y in 21.2 seconds .
With a time of 10.6 seconds, which he achieved on July 6, 1912 in Stockholm, he was the first to enter the list of official world records over 100 m . Had this list been introduced two months earlier, the German Richard Rau , who a year earlier had run the 100 m twice in 10.6 seconds and once even in the - albeit unofficial - world record time of 10.5 seconds, would have come first Confessed.
Donald Lippincott started for the University of Pennsylvania . During the First World War he served in the Navy. He later worked as a security consultant for various companies.
Web links
- Donald Lippincott in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Donald Fithian Lippincott (1893-1963)
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| SURNAME | Lippincott, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lippincott, Donald Fithian (full name); Lippincott, Don |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1962 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |