Irving Baxter
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | |||
| Gold | Paris 1900 | High Jump | |
| Gold | Paris 1900 | Pole Vault | |
| Silver | Paris 1900 | Standing High Jump | |
| Silver | Paris 1900 | Standing Long Jump | |
| Silver | Paris 1900 | Standing Triple Jump | |
Irving Knot Baxter (March 25, 1876 – June 13, 1957) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.
| Olympic champions in men's high jump |
|---|
| 1896: Ellery Clark | 1900: Irving Baxter | 1904: Samuel Jones | 1906: Cornelius Leahy | 1908: Harry Porter | 1912: Alma Richards | 1920: Richmond Landon | Harold Osborn | 1928: Robert King | 1932: Duncan McNaughton | 1936: Cornelius Johnson | 1948: John Winter | 1952: Walter Davis | 1956: Charles Dumas | 1960: Robert Shavlakadze | 1964: Valeriy Brumel | 1968: Dick Fosbury | 1972: Jüri Tarmak | 1976: Jacek Wszoła | 1980: Gerd Wessig | 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg | 1988: Gennadiy Avdeyenko | 1992: Javier Sotomayor | 1996: Charles Austin | 2000: Sergey Klyugin | 2004: Stefan Holm |
| Olympic champions in men's pole vault |
|---|
| 1896: Welles Hoyt | 1900: Irving Baxter | 1904: Charles Dvorak | 1906: Fernand Gonder | 1908: Edward Cook Alfred Gilbert | 1912: Harry Babcock | 1920: Frank Foss | 1924: Lee Barnes | 1928: Sabin Carr | 1932: William Miller | 1936: Earle Meadows | 1948: Guinn Smith | 1952: Bob Richards | 1956: Bob Richards | 1960: Don Bragg | 1964: Fred Hansen | 1968: Bob Seagren | 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig | 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski | 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz | 1984: Pierre Quinon | 1988: Sergei Bubka | 1992: Maksim Tarasov | 1996: Jean Galfione | 2000: Nick Hysong | 2004: Tim Mack |
Categories: United States track and field athletics biography stubs | 1876 births | 1957 deaths | American track and field athletes | High jumpers | Pole vaulters | Olympic competitors for the United States | Athletes at the 1900 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Place of birth missing
