Alma Richards

Alma Wilford Richards ( Parowan ( Utah ), February 20th 1890 - Long Beach , April 3 1963 ) was an American high jumper .

Content

 * 1 Career
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 Personal bests
 * 4 Honours
 * 4.1 high jump

Career
When Richards easily over 6 feet (1.83 m) away jump, decided his basketball coach for him to raise money to participate in the Olympic selection trials. He won at theOlympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, the gold medal with a jump of 1.93 m, a height that he had never climbed before, the German Hans Liesche (silver; 1.91) and his compatriot George Horine ( bronze; 1.89).

Alma Richards graduated in 1917 from the Cornell University, where he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society.

Titles

 * Olympic high jump champion - 1912
 * American high jump champion - 1913
 * American Champion Decathlon - 1915
 * American champion shot put - 1918

[High Jump edit ]

 * 1912:  OS - 1.93 m (OR)