Earle Meadows

Earle Meadows ( born June 29, 1913 in Corinth, Mississippi, † November 11, 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas ) was an American athlete who was successful before the Second World War in the pole vault. He won Olympic gold and jumped two world records.

As Earle Meadows scored two of his three NCAA Championship titles (1935-1937), the AAU title in 1935 and his two world records in each case together with his teammate William " Bill" Sefton Meadows and Sefton were the " heavenly twins " (The Heavenly Twins ) called. Only in Berlin in 1936, the "twins" separated Earle Meadows was skipped 4.35 m Olympic champion, while Bill Sefton remained with 4.25 m without a medal.

Furthermore Meadows won three times the U.S. Indoor Championships (1937, 1940 and 1941, the latter with Hallenbestleistung ). In 1996, he was inducted posthumously into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame.

Achievements

  • World record (together with Bill Sefton ) with 4.48 m (14 ' 8 ½ " ) on May 8, 1937 in Stanford
  • World record (together with Bill Sefton ) with 4.54 m (14 ' 11 ") on May 29, 1937 in Los Angeles

Another world record attempt at this event had to be omitted because the bar for technical reasons could not be placed higher.

  • Gold with 4.35 m at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
Athletics (sport) National Collegiate Athletic Association William Hoyt (athlete) Irving Baxter Charles Dvorak Edward Cook (athlete) Harry Babcock Frank Foss (athlete) Lee Barnes Sabin Carr Bill Miller (pole vault) Guinn Smith Bob Richards Fred Hansen Bob Seagren Pierre Quinon Timothy Mack
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