George Horine

George Leslie Horine ( Escondido , February 3 1890 - Modesto , November 28 1948 ) was an American athlete, who had specialized in the high jump . He jumped twice a world record and was the first athlete to jump over 2 meters.

Content

 * 1 Career
 * 2 Titles
 * 2.1 World Records
 * 3 Honours
 * 3.1 high jump

Career
Horine developed the so-called Western Role, a new jump technique by the American William Page in 1894 introduced Scissors Leap succeeded, and bettered on May 28, 1912 the world record to 2.00 m. This record held two years stand when his compatriot Edward Beeson the improved to 2.01.

Horine represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 and was here because his world is the big favorite. In Stockholm came to be because of bad weather - the run was soaked and covered with peat - not from the paint and he jumped therefore not higher than 1.89, which was still good enough for bronze behind his compatriot Alma Richards (gold ) and the German Hans Liesche (silver). He also participated in the baseball .

In 1915 George Horine was American high jump champion. He took in his sporting career in total participated in 64 games, 59 of which he won. He jumped seventeen times higher than 3'6 "(= 1.903 m).

Titles [ edit ]

 * American high jump champion - 1915

[High Jump edit ]

 * 1912:  OS - 1.89 m