Bob Gutowski

Bob Gutowski (actually Robert Allen Gutowski; born April 25, 1935 in San Pedro, California; † August 2, 1960 at Camp Pendleton, California ) was an American pole vaulter of Polish descent who was successful in the second half of the 1950s. He jumped a world record and won an Olympic silver medal.

The qualified industrial chemist was a member of the Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant. Attention to the first time on he made in 1956 at a meeting in Los Angeles, where he jumped 4.60 m and the Olympic champion in 1952, Bob Richards, only because of the greater number of attempts (Richards was only 4.52 m entered ) subject. In November of the same year at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, the order was the same: Gutowski won with 4.53 m silver behind Richards, who jumped 4.56 meters.

Famous however made ​​him a world record jump over 4.78 m, with whom he surpassed the 15 -year-old world record of Cornelius Warmerdam to 1 centimeter on 27 April 1957. In June of the same year he mastered even 4.82 m, but as the staff at the bar fell through, which at that time was considered a foul, this power could not be recognized as a world record. On August 2, 1960 Robert Gutowski was a car accident victim.