Gus Pope

Russell Augustus " Gus" Pope ( born November 29, 1898 in Seattle, † 1953) was an American discus thrower and shot putter, who was active in the early 1920s. He started for the Illinois Athletic Club in Chicago, was 1.85 m tall and weighs 95 kg.

Successes nationally

Pope won three national championships:

International success

In addition, Pope participated in two Olympic Games: 1920 in Antwerp and Paris in 1924. In Antwerp he won the bronze medal with 42.13 meters behind the two Finns Elmer Niklander ( gold with 44.68 m) and Armas Taipale ( silver with 44.19 m). All three athletes had already achieved their lengths in the qualification. Four years later, Pope was second in the Olympiaauscheidungen. With a capacity of 45.97 m he won the silver medal in Paris. There, however, he only came to 44.42 m, the 4th place behind his fellow countrymen Bud Houser ( gold with 46.15 meters ) and Thomas Lieb ( bronze with 44.83 meters ) and the Finns Vilho Niittymaa ( silver with 44.95 m ) meant. Again came all sizes already from the qualification.

Bests

In his special discipline, the discus throw, there are six placings among the top ten of the global leaderboard to book for Pope:

His personal best in the shot put is given as 14.25 m; this distance he scored in an indoor competition on March 20, 1925 in Chicago.