James Wendell

James Wendell
The 1912 medal winners (from left to right): Wendell, Kelly, Hawkins
Full name	James Isaac Wendell
nation	United States
birthday	September 3, 1890
place of birth	Schenectady ,  USA
size	183 cm
Weight	79 kg
date of death	November 22, 1958
Place of death	Philadelphia , USA
Career
discipline	Hurdles
Best performance	110 m hurdles: 15.2 s
society	New York Athletics Club
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Stockholm 1912 110 m hurdles

James Isaac Wendell (born September 3, 1890 in Schenectady , New York , † November 22, 1958 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American athlete . He was 1.83 m tall and 79 kg.

He won three IC4A championships:

• 1912: over 120 y hurdles in 15.6 seconds.
• 1913: over 120 y hurdles in 15.4 seconds and over 220 y hurdles in 23.6 seconds.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he won the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles behind Fred Kelly (gold in 15.1 seconds) and ahead of Martin Hawkins (bronze in 15.3 seconds) in 15.2 seconds . With the exception of the Briton Kenneth Powell , who was last, only Americans were involved in the race.

Wendell was able to place himself in the top ten of the world rankings twice:

• 1912 4th place (15.2 sec.)
• 1913 5th place (15.4 sec.)

After completing his career, he became a sports and English teacher at Hill School in Pottstown . From 1928 to 1952 he was the director of this school.

James Wendell was a graduate of Wesleyan University . In 2008 he was inducted into that university's Hall of Fame.

Web links

• James Wendell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )