Lee Barnes

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Lee Barnes

Lee Stratford Barnes (born July 16, 1906 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † December 28, 1970 in Oxnard , California ) was an American athlete . With a height of 1.73 m, his competition weight was 68 kg.

Lee Barnes won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1924 Olympic Games in Colombes near Paris a week before his eighteenth birthday . At 3.95 meters, he jumped the same height as his compatriot Glenn Graham , but won the jump-off. Lee Barnes is the youngest ever Olympic champion in pole vault.

To study he went to the University of Southern California and trained there under Dean Cromwell. In 1927 and 1928 he won the title at the championships of the Amateur Athletic Union . On April 28, 1928, Barnes set a world record of 4.30 meters in Fresno. At the Olympic Games in 1928 , he was no longer in top form and was fifth with 3.95 meters. He jumped the same height as the third and fourth of the competition, but in contrast to his Olympic victory, this time he lost the jump-off.

In 1932 Barnes missed his third Olympic participation in seventh in the US trials. After his career, he ran his own factory in Oxnard.

literature

  • Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold , New York 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4
  • Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics , Berlin 1999, published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV

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personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Lee Stratford (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1970
Place of death Oxnard