Lewis Pendleton Sheldon (June 9, 1874 in Rutland, Vermont – February 20, 1960 in Biarritz) was an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete who competed in jumping events in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. Altogether, 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. A total of 68 medals (23 gold, 23 silver, 22 bronze) were awarded. In many countries, due in part to the conflation of t ...

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and won bronze medals in

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

and standing high jump, as well as fourth place in the standing long jump and standing triple jump. His brother is Richard Sheldon.

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* 1874 births 1960 deaths American male triple jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Yale University alumni American emigrants to France People from Rutland (city), Vermont Track and field athletes from Vermont 19th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub