Frederick Moloney

Frederick "Fred" Graham Moloney (* August 4, 1880, † December 24, 1941 in Chicago ( Illinois), United States) was an American athlete and medal winner at the Olympic Games.

Moloney was 1898-1907 enrolled intermittently as a student at the University of Chicago, where she earned a degree but never. He was a talented sprinter and hurdler, but it was not enough for a national title. Nevertheless, he counted along with his 4 -year-older brother, William Moloney, the U.S. team for the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1900.

Moloney, whose first name in many publications only appears with the short form "Fred", took part in Paris at the 100 - meter dash, the 110- meter hurdles and the Olympics only two games in 1900 in Paris and 1904 in St. Louis, discharged 200 - meter hurdles.

In the 100 -meter run to Moloney qualified via flow and intermediate run for a repechage, where the last starting spot for the final decision has been taken. In this run, however, Moloney had no chance. About 200 meters hurdles heats two decided on participation in the finals, for which only the respective winners and Second qualified. Moloney resigned as a third party into his lead.

The real strength of Moloney was the 110- meter hurdles, which was regularly played in the U.S. as 120 - yards hurdles, shorter by a few inches distance. Moloney qualified effortlessly via flow and intermediate cut for the final, but was there from the start two of his compatriots behind.

The rankings at the Olympic Games for Frederick Graham Moloney:

• II Summer Olympic Games in 1900, Paris 110m Hurdles - BRONZE 15.6 s ( gold Alvin Kraenzlein, USA with 15.4 s; silver to John McLean, United States 15.5 s )
• 100 m - excreted in the repechage with unknown time (Gold Frank Jarvis, USA with 11.0 s )
• 200m hurdles - in the run excreted in third with an unknown time (Gold Alvin Kraenzlein, USA with 25.4 s )

Note: With the exception of the time of the winner, transit times are estimated, as there was no time measurement for the runners. For them, the residue was found on the winner or pre-placed with a length specification.

After the Games in Paris Moloney took two years of success in competitions, especially compared to the competitions of the universities in the Midwestern United States. In 1902 he succeeded in the 120 - yards hurdles time of 15.4 s, which corresponded to the time of his competitors Alvin Kraenzlein the final in Paris, which reached the fastest elapsed time ever up to that point, and an unofficial world record there.

After his athletic career, the career advancement of Moloney, of it. To Vice President and General Director of Helios Corp. began brought, a company which, inter alia, dealt with the development and construction of the first car radio.

In some publications is given as year of birth 1882. A proof of this, but there is no. The only written source that speaks for the year 1880, is the book of Camper / Mallon Who's Who of the Olympic Games.