Marcus Snowell Wright (April 21, 1890 – August 5, 1975) was an American
athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born in
Chicago
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and died in
Reading, Massachusetts
Reading ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, north of central Boston. The population was 25,518 at the 2020 census.
History
Settlement and American independence
Many of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's original settle ...
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Wright competed for a United States in the
1912 Summer Olympics held in
Stockholm,
Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of winner
Harry Babcock.
Wright graduated from
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
in 1913.
References
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Profile
1890 births
1975 deaths
American male pole vaulters
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Dartmouth College alumni
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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