Harold Osborn
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University of Illinois | |||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) | ||||||||||||||
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Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | High jump, triple jump, decathlon | ||||||||||||||
Club | Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | HJ – 2.038 m (1924) TJ – 14.27 m (1921) Decathlon – 6476 (1924)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Harold Marion Osborn D.O. (April 13, 1899 – April 5, 1975) was an American track athlete. He won a gold medal in Olympic decathlon and high jump in 1924 and was the first athlete to win a gold medal in both the decathlon and an individual event.[1]
Life
After high school, Osborn attended the
On May 27, 1924, Osborn's 6' 8-¼" (=2m 03.83500000000000285 cm) high jump set a world record at an AAU meet held at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana.[3] Osborn competed in the Olympics again in 1928. In the high jump, four competitors tied for second place. The initial tying jumps for second place were 6' 3- ½", just an inch behind gold medalist, Bob King, who jumped 6' 4½".[1]
Titles and records
Osborn won 17 national titles and set six world records during his career. He held world indoor records in the standing hop, step, and jump; the 60-yard high hurdles; and the running high jump. His holds the world record in the standing high jump of 5' 5¾" which he achieved at the age of 37.[1] Osborn was enshrined as a charter member of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974.[3]
High jumping styles
He modified the Western roll technique by developing an efficient side‑to‑the‑bar clearance, which resulted in more height and consistency.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harold Osborn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Harold Osborn". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ a b c d "Hall of Fame". USATF. May 27, 1924. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ^ a b Samuel Combest and His Descendants by Harriet Jane Barnes Smith - University of Wisconsin: Madison - 1990
- ^ "Harold Osborn". Olympedia. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
Sources
- USA Track and Field website http://www.usatf.org/
- The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, 1996 Edition, Sports Illustrated.
- Olympic Trials Website http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/OlympicTrialsStats2004.pdf
- The Olympics Fact Book http://www.Rediff.com/
- Article from July 18, 1996 – The Hillsboro Journal, Hillsboro, Illinois
- Obituary – Chicago Tribune, Thursday, April 10, 1975
- Reminiscences of Margaret Bordner Osborn to Marianna Trekell and family members
- Letters written by Harold Osborn to Margaret Bordner in 1925 (copies in possession of author; original letters in possession of Osborn's daughters).
- Trekell, Marianna, and White, Cyril M., unpublished manuscript titled "Harold M. Osborn at the Games of the VIII Olympiad Paris, 1925," written in the 1980s. Trekell was a faculty member in the Dept. of Physical Education at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. White was a sociologist at University College, Dublin, Ireland, with an academic interest in the Sociology of Sport.
- Article from the Illinois Alumni News, September 1974, titled "Dublin Remembers Harold Osborn '22".
- Hansen, Willard, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, Urbana, Illinois, April 25, 1975.
- Sports News, Christian Science Monitor, Boston, May 9, 1944, "Osborn Still Clears 6 Feet Long After Leaving College."
- Murray, Feg, "Crossing the Bar," newspaper clipping dated February 16, 1926, University of Illinois Archives—Harold M. Osborn file. Released through Metropolitan Newspaper Service.
- Letter written by Osborn to Volker Kluge, January 31, 1969, in possession of Osborn's niece, Emily Osborn.
External links
Media related to Harold Osborn at Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Osborn at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)