James Donahue
James Donahue ( James Joseph "Jim" Donahue ; born April 20, 1886 in Brooklyn , † March 15, 1966 in Glen Rock ) was an American athlete .
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, he won silver in the pentathlon and fourth in the decathlon , where he benefited from the disqualification of Jim Thorpes . After he had a place number of 29 in the pentathlon like the Canadian Frank Lukeman , the ranking according to the decathlon table tipped the balance in his favor. In the decathlon, he scored 7083,450.
Web links
- James Donahue in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Donahue, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donahue, James Joseph; Donahue, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1966 |
| Place of death | Glen Rock |