Robert Leavitt

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Robert Grandison Leavitt (born September 20, 1883 in Dorchester (Massachusetts) , † February 22, 1954 in South Hanover , Massachusetts ) was an American athlete . With a height of 1.80 m, he had a competition weight of 73 kg.

During his college days at Williams College, Robert Leavitt ran 120-yard hurdles for 15.8 seconds in 1905. At the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games , Leavitt won the 110-meter hurdles in 16.2 seconds. He crossed the finish line at the same time as the Briton Alfred Healey , but was seen by the finishers after a long discussion with one foot forward.

Leavitt spent many years at the Brighton Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts after dropping out of college.

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  • Bill Mallon / Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold , New York City 1984 ISBN 0-88011-217-4
  • 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 Leavitt, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leavitt, Robert Grandison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1954
Place of death South Hanover