Bob King
Bob King (eigentlich Robert Wade King; * 20. Juni 1906 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; † 29. Juli 1965 in Walnut Creek, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Hochspringer und Olympiasieger.
Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1928 in Amsterdam siegte er mit 1,94 Meter vor seinem Landsmann Benjamin Hedges und dem Franzosen Claude Ménard, die beide 1,91 Meter übersprangen. Auf dem fünften Rang platzierte sich ebenfalls mit 1,91 Meter Harold Osborn, der Weltrekordler und Titelverteidiger.
1927 und 1928 gewann er die Meisterschaft der Amateur Athletic Union 1927 und 1928. In diesen beiden Jahren führte er auch die Weltjahresbestenliste an.
Bob King war 1,90 cm groß und wog in seiner aktiven Zeit 79 kg.
Literatur
- Bill Mallon & Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold. New York 1984, ISBN 0-88011-217-4
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896–1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (publiziert über Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation e.V.)
Weblinks
- Bob King in der Datenbank von Olympedia.org (englisch)
1896: 
Ellery Clark | 1900: 
Irving Baxter | 1904: Samuel Jones | Zwischenspiele 1906: Con Leahy | 1908: 
Harry Porter | 1912: 
Alma Richards | 1920: Richmond Landon | 1924: Harold Osborn | 1928: Bob King | 1932: 
Duncan McNaughton | 1936: Cornelius Johnson | 1948: 
John Winter | 1952: Walt Davis | 1956: Charles Dumas | 1960: 
Robert Schawlakadse | 1964: Waleri Brumel | 1968: 
Dick Fosbury | 1972: Jüri Tarmak | 1976: 
Jacek Wszoła | 1980: 
Gerd Wessig | 1984: 
Dietmar Mögenburg | 1988: 
Hennadij Awdjejenko | 1992: 
Javier Sotomayor | 1996: Charles Austin | 2000: 
Sergei Kljugin | 2004: 
Stefan Holm | 2008: Andrei Silnow | 2012: vakant | 2016: 
Derek Drouin
| Personendaten | |
|---|---|
| NAME | King, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVNAMEN | King, Robert Wade (vollständiger Name) |
| KURZBESCHREIBUNG | US-amerikanischer Hochspringer |
| GEBURTSDATUM | 20. Juni 1906 |
| GEBURTSORT | Los Angeles |
| STERBEDATUM | 29. Juli 1965 |
| STERBEORT | Walnut Creek |
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