Richmond Landon
American high jumper (1898–1971)
Richmond Landon in 1920 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | November 20, 1898 Salisbury, Connecticut, United States | |||||||||||
Died | June 13, 1971 (aged 72) Lynbrook, New York, United States | |||||||||||
Alma mater | Yale University | |||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
Club | NYAC, New York | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 1.98 m (1921) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 – June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Landon attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Yale University. In 1922 he married Alice Lord, an Olympic diver he met on the boat to the 1920 Olympics.[1]
Richmond Landon was a guest on the television show "I've Got A Secret" as one of five former Olympic champions which aired October 13, 1954.
References
- ^ a b Dick Landon. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Richmond Landon". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richmond Landon.
- Official Website of the Olympics
- Richmond Landon at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1896: Ellery Harding Clark (USA)
- 1900: Irving Baxter (USA)
- 1904: Samuel Jones (USA)
- 1908: Harry Porter (USA)
- 1912: Alma Richards (USA)
- 1920: Richmond Landon (USA)
- 1924: Harold Osborn (USA)
- 1928: Bob King (USA)
- 1932: Duncan McNaughton (CAN)
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson (USA)
- 1948: John Winter (AUS)
- 1952: Walt Davis (USA)
- 1956: Charles Dumas (USA)
- 1960: Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
- 1964: Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1968: Dick Fosbury (USA)
- 1972: Jüri Tarmak (URS)
- 1976: Jacek Wszoła (POL)
- 1980: Gerd Wessig (GDR)
- 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1988: Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
- 1992: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1996: Charles Austin (USA)
- 2000: Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
- 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE)
- 2008: Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2012: Erik Kynard (USA)
- 2016: Derek Drouin (CAN)
- 2020: Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
- 2020: Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
- 2024: Hamish Kerr (NZL)
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