Robert Sedgwick Stangland (October 5, 1881 – December 15, 1953) was an American

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who competed in the early twentieth century in the long jump and the triple jump. Stangland won two

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s in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics at the age of 22. In the long jump, he won the bronze medal with a jump of 6.88 meters, finishing behind gold medalist

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and Daniel Frank who won the silver medal. In the triple jump at the 1904 Olympics, Stangland won another bronze medal with a distance of 13.365 meters with

once again winning the gold medal and

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taking silver. Stangland was born in Kendall, New York. He graduated in 1904 from Columbia University, where he completed in

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, track and field, and crew. Stangland later worked as a consulting engineer. He died on December 15, 1953, in Nyack, New York.

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1881 births 1953 deaths American male long jumpers American male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics Columbia Lions football players Columbia Lions men's track and field athletes Columbia Lions rowers Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field People from Kendall, New York {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub