Nick Winter

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Nick Winter 1924

Nick Winter (actually: Anthony William Winter ; born August 25, 1894 in Brocklesby , New South Wales , † May 7, 1955 in Pagewood , New South Wales) was an Australian triple jumper and Olympic champion .

From 1915 on he served in the Australian Army in World War I. In 1919 he left the army. In December 1919 he set his first Australian record with 14.50 meters.

At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, he won the last attempt with 15.525 meters and with this performance set Dan Ahearn's world record of 15.52 meters. In his victory, Winter had 10 centimeters ahead of the Argentine Luis Brunetto . The Finnish defending champion Vilho Tuulos won bronze with 15.37 meters.

At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Winter was unable to qualify for the final either in the long jump , where he failed to qualify without a valid attempt, or in the triple jump, where he was twelfth in qualifying with 14.15 meters.

Nick Winter was 1.81 meters tall and weighed 74 kilograms during his playing days. He died of gas poisoning after falling on the gas tap in his apartment.

literature

  • Manfred Holzhausen: world records and world record holder. Triple jump / pole vault. Grevenbroich 2002
  • Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Fields Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

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SURNAME Winter, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winter, Anthony William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian triple jumper and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Brocklesby , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1955
Place of death Pagewood , New South Wales