James Brooker

Kent James "Jim" Brooker ( born August 12, 1902 in Cass City, Michigan, † September 25, 1973 in Bay City, Michigan) was an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the pole vault. He was 1.80 m tall and started for the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor.

Life

In 1923, Brooker was at the State Championships with a height of 3.81 m at No. 3 and was victorious in common with Earle McKown at the high school championships; both athletes jumped over 3.94 m.

In the next Olympic year 1924, he could not be placed at the state championships, which won Edwin Myers, however, qualified for the knockouts, with a quadruple draw - jumped James Brooker, Lee Barnes, Glenn Graham and Ralph Spearow all 3,96 m - ended. In the finals of Paris, he came to this height zoom not quite, but ranged skipped 3.90m for winning the bronze medal just ahead of the Dane Henry Petersen who mastered the same height. Gold and silver went to Brooker's compatriots Lee Barnes and Glenn Graham, each 3.95 m.

Brooker came twice in the top ten in the world rankings:

His personal best of 3.97 meters, he scored in an indoor competition on March 28, 1925 in Ann Arbor.