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1996 Pat Smythe, show jumper, dies at 67
1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge 1975 Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics 1973 Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 1973 Kareem Streete-Thompson, born in Ithaca, New York, 100m/long jumper 1972 Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper, Olympics-4th-92 1972 Jai Taurima, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics 1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper 1972 Shana Williams, Bridgeton, New Jersey, long jumper and heptathlete 1971 Erick Walder, Mobile Alabama, triple jumper 1971 Laura Chapot, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1971 Roland McGhee, Flint Michigan, long jumper 1971 Allen Johnson, born in Washington, D.C., long jumper/110m hurdler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1971 Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper 1970 Chantal Brunner, Wellington, New Zealand, long jumper 1996 Olympics 1970 LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper 1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96 1969 Andrew Murphy, Australian long jumper/triple jumper 1996 Olympics 1969 Rod Mapstone, Australian long jumper 1996 Olympics 1968 Carlette Guidry-White, 100m/long jumper 1968 Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics 1967 Javier Sotomayor, Cuban jumper, world record 1989 1967 Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper 1967 Sheila Hudson, U.S. triple jumper, U.S. record 1992 1967 Nicole Boegman, Australian long jumper, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Leroy Russel Burrell, Philadelphia, long jumper 1996 Olympics 1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, born in Dayton, Ohio, long jumper, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Hollis Conway, born in Chicago, Illinois, high jumper, Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92 1966 Inessa Kravets, Ukraine, long/triple jumper, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1966 Jearl A Miles, born in Gainesville, Florida, 400m/long jumper, 1996 Olympics gold 1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper 1966 Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper, gold medal 2000 Olympics, silver medal 1996 Atlanta 1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987 1965 Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper 1964 Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper 1964 Karen Straker, horse show jumper 1964 Heike Henkel, born in West Germany, world record indoor high jumper 1992 1963 Michael Anthony Powell, Philadelphia, long jumper, world record 1991 1963 Mike Powell, long jumper, Silver Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics 1963 Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984 1963 Matti Nykanen, Finnish ski jumper, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1962 Michael Alexander Conley, Chic, triple jumper, Olympics gold 92, 96 1962 Mike Conley, born in Chicago, Illinois, triple jumper 1984 Olympics silver 1962 Beth Underhill, born in Guelph, Ontario, equestrian jumper, Olympics-26-92, 96 1962 Tina Lehtola, born in Finland, women's ski jumper, world's record holder 1962 Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper, world record 1988 1962 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, born in Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1962 Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold 1962 Lisa Jacquin, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1961 Yolanda Chen, born in Moscow, Russia, triple jumper, indoor record 1961 Platt Adams, high jumper, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, dies 1960 Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1959 Anne Kursinski, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1958 Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper 1996 Olympics 1958 Ramona Neubert, born in East Germany, long jumper/pentathlete, 1980 Olympics 1958 Anton Innauer, born in Bezau, Austria, 70m ski jumper, Gold 1980 Olympics 1957 Kathy McMillan, long jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1957 Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper 1984 Olympics bronze 1956 Leslie Burr-Howard, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1954 Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Olympic-bronze-1976, 80 1954 Jouko Tormanen, born in Finland, 90m ski jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1954 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper, 1976 Olympic gold 1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1952 Mac Cone, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Canadian equestrian jumper 1996 Olympics 1952 Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Angela Voigt, born in East Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper, 1996 Olympics silver 1950 James A. Butts, born in Los Angeles, California, triple jumper 1976 Olympics silver 1947 Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze 1947 Marion Coakes, born in England, equestrian show jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968 1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl, born in West Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, long jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m 1946 Jim Day, born in Canada, equestrian show jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1946 Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper, Bronze Medal 1972 Olympics 1945 Viktor Saneyev, U.S.S.R., triple jumper, Olympic-3 gold/1 silv-1968-80 1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper 1968 Olympics bronze 1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1943 Liz Edgar, horse show jumper 1943 Peter Horak, jetboat jumper 1942 Ingrid Becker, born in West Germany, long jumper/relayer, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1942 Lynn Davies, born in Nantymoel, Wales, 'Lynn the Leap', long jumper, captain, Britain's Olympic long jump team 1964, won Olympic gold medal 1942 Rick Sylvester, parachute ski jumper, world record 3,300' 1940 David Broome, Show Jumper, world champion 1970 1940 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Willye White, U.S. long jumper, Silver Medals 1956, 1964 Olympics 1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1939 Ralph Boston, Laurel, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympic-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68 1937 Ray Ewry, jumper, 10 Gold Medals 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908 Olympics, dies at 63 1937 George Thoma, born in West Germany, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1937 Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper 1937 Tatyana Shchelkanova, U.S.S.R., long jumper 1964 Olympics bronze 1937 Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1936 Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1936 Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver 1936 Alwin Schockemohle, born in Germany, equestrian jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1936 Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956 1934 Elzbieta Krzesinska, Poland, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Mildred McDaniel, U.S. high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1931 Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze 1931 Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1930 Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1929 Meredith C Gourdine, Newark, New Jersey, long jumper 1952 Olympics silver 1929 Yvette Williams, New Zealand, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics 1928 Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics bronze 1928 Jerome Cousins Biffle, born in Denver,Colorado, long jumper, Gold Medal 1952 Olympics 1927 Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, born in Brazil, triple jumper, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1926 Hans-Gunther Winkler, Germany, equestrian jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1923 Alice [Davis] Coachman, born in Albany, Georgia, high jumper, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1923 Aleksandra Chudina, U.S.S.R., track jumper, Olympic-2 silver-1952 1923 Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964 1922 Herbert P. Douglas Jr., born in Pittsburgh, long jumper, 1948 Olympic bronze 1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1920 Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, 1936 Olympics 1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1913 Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1913 David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver 1911 Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold 1911 Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1908 Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1906 Edward Lansing Gordon, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi, long jumper, Olympics gold 32 1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper, 1928 Olympics gold 1903 William Dehart Hubbard, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, long jumper 1924 Olympics gold 1900 Silvio Cator, Haiti, long jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1897 Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper 1924 Olympics silver 1873 Ray Ewry, born in Lafayette, Indiana, jumper, 10 Gold Medals 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908 Olympics 1872 Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper |
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