Marc Wright
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| File:1912 Marc Wright.JPG Wright at the 1912 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Silver medal – second place | 1912 Stockholm | Pole vault |
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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 and died in Reading, Massachusetts.[1]
Wright competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden, in the pole vault. He won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of the winner Harry Babcock.
Wright graduated from Dartmouth College in 1913.[2]
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- 1890 births
- 1975 deaths
- American men 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 the sport of athletics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs