John Winter (athlete)

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John Winter

John Arthur Winter (born December 3, 1924 in Perth , Western Australia , † December 5, 2007 ) was an Australian athlete .

Winter became the first Australian in the 1948 Olympic Games in London the gold medal in the high jump after he was the only one the height of 1.98 m cross. The Olympic victory was surprising in that the remaining four competitors in the competition for the gold medal were all able to show a higher record than winter.

Two years later he managed another victory at the British Empire Games in Auckland in 1950 ; Winter was the only one to jump over 1.98 m again.

literature

  • Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
  • Ekkehard zur Megede : The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996. Track and Field Athletics. German Society for Athletics Documentation eV, Neuss 1999.

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SURNAME Winter, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winter, Jack
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2007
Place of death Perth