Edwin Myers

Edwin Earl "Ed" Myers ( born December 18, 1896 in Hinsdale, Illinois, † August 31 1978 in Evanston, Illinois) was an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the pole vault. The 1.75 m tall athlete competed for the Chicago AA.

Achievements

Myers won four national titles:

In 1920 he qualified second in the state championships, which acted as Olympic trials at the same time, for the Games in Antwerp. There his compatriot Frank Foss was in a class of its own: 4.09 m meant Olympic victory, a world record and 39 cm ahead of the runner-up Henry Petersen. Actually, Myers should have won the silver medal, as he jumped five centimeters higher at 3.75 m when the Dane; However, this performance but he did not succeed in regular competition, but in the jump-off for 3rd place after he and his compatriot Edward Knourek had lain with skipped 3.60 m par. So it was the bronze medal.

He had four years later, even greater luck. Although he succeeded on May 31 in Ann Arbor a jump over 4.00 meters, which meant 3rd place on the global leaderboard, and he also won the national championship with a strong 3.96 m, but in the Olympic participation alone decisive knockouts he remained 3.82 m below its potential and only came in 5th place, so that he was denied a second part in the Olympics.

Myers has recorded six placings among the top ten in the world rankings:

The same amount in 1927 brought him ranked only 15th Moreover succeeded him in 1927 in the hall a further leap over 4.00 m.

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