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Richards is the only male two-time Olympic gold medal winner in the pole vault (1952 and 1956), thus he is also the only man to have successfully defended his Olympic title. He also won a bronze medal in the pole vault at the 1948 summer games.
Feb 27, 2023 · Feb. 27, 2023. Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table...
Bob Richards (born February 20, 1926, Champaign, Illinois, U.S.—died February 26, 2023, Waco, Texas) was an American athlete, the first pole-vaulter to win two Olympic gold medals. Sportswriters called him “the Vaulting Vicar” because he was an ordained minister.
Mar 1, 2023 · Bob Richards, a three-time olympian and the first athlete to ever be featured on a Wheaties cereal box, has died, his son said on social media. He was 97.
Feb 27, 2023 · Bob Richards, the first person to win two Olympic pole vault gold medals, has died at age 97, according to USA Track and Field. Richards “passed in his sleep peacefully surrounded by loved ones,” according to a Sunday social media post attributed to his son Brandon.
Feb 28, 2023 · Bob Richards, the only male two-time winner of the Olympic pole vault, who in the 1950s became a hero of American Cold War competition with the Soviet Union and a breakfast-table...
Mar 20, 2024 · Bob Richards is the only man to win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault and was the first athlete to appear on the front of a Wheaties box.
Feb 26, 2023 · Bob Richards was the second man to vault 15 feet and, like the first man over this height, Cornelius “Dutch” Warmerdam, he dominated the event for a number of years. Richards is the only man in history to win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault, and these came after an Olympic bronze in 1948. Unlike many champions in this event, he ...
The Reverend Bob Richards was a theology professor in California when he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team as a pole vaulter in 1952. The duel for the gold medal was waged between Richards and fellow American Don Laz.
Feb 28, 2023 · INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bob Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vault gold medalist who also became an ordained minister, died Sunday. He was 97. USA Track and Field confirmed his death.
