Clayton Fritsch

Last updated

Clayton Fritsch
Personal information
Born (1998-12-29) December 29, 1998 (age 22)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Pole vault

Clayton Fritsch (born December 29, 1998) [1] is an American pole vaulter. In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [1] [2]

In that same year, he won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He also won the gold medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2019 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics held in Queretaro, Mexico.

Related Research Articles

The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019.

Timothy "Tim" Mack is an American pole vaulter who won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics.

Michael Scott Tully is an American pole vaulter. He represented the United States twice in the Olympics, earning a silver in 1984, and held the American pole vault record from 1984 to 1985.

Earl Bell American pole vaulter

Earl Holmes Bell is a retired American pole vaulter. He competed at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1984, placing fourth in 1988 and sixth in 1976.

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Mens pole vault

The men's pole vault was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Nineteen athletes from 12 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956. The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 13th consecutive victory in the event. Richards was the first man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the pole vault; he was also the first man to win three total medals in the event. For the second straight Games, the American team went 1–2, this time with Bob Gutowski taking silver. Georgios Roubanis's bronze was Greece's first pole vault medal since 1896.

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Mens pole vault

The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. 16 pole vaulters from seven nations competed. No nation had more than 4 jumpers, suggesting the limit had been reduced from the 12 maximum in force in 1908 and 1912. The event was won by Frank Foss of the United States, the nation's sixth consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Henry Petersen's silver was Denmark's first medal in the event and the first time a non-American had done better than bronze in the pole vault. Edwin Myers's bronze continued the American streak of winning at least two medals in each pole vault, however.

Yarisley Silva Cuban pole vaulter

Yarisley Silva Rodríguez is a Cuban pole vaulter. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics – the first Latin American athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event.

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Mens pole vault

The men's pole vault event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924, on Thursday, July 10, 1924. Twenty pole vaulters from 13 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Lee Barnes of the United States, the nation's seventh consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Americans Glen Graham (silver) and James Brooker (bronze) completed the sweep, the second time the United States had done so—though the Americans had taken two golds and a bronze in 1908 and a gold, two silvers, and a bronze in 1912.

The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Friday August 8, 2003. Bronze medalist Dominic Johnson won the only medal for Saint Lucia at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Holly Bradshaw British pole vaulter

Holly Bethan Bradshaw is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She is the current British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres and 4.81 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, a gold medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships, and a silver medal at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won at the 2018 Athletics World Cup. Coached by Scott Simpson, she has been consistently ranked among the world's best and has been ranked in the world top ten on the Track and Field News merit rankings four times.

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Mens pole vault

The men's pole vault was one of four men's jumping events on the athletics program at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The competition had two rounds, qualifying and a final, which were held on 14 and 16 October respectively at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City. Twenty-three athletes from 15 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Bob Seagren of the United States, the nation's 16th consecutive victory in the men's pole vault. Claus Schiprowski of West Germany took silver, while Wolfgang Nordwig of East Germany took bronze—the first medals for each of those nations as separate teams, though two West German vaulters had earned silver and bronze for the United Team of Germany in 1964.

Alysha Newman Canadian pole vaulter

Alysha Newman is a Canadian track and field athlete specialized in pole vault. She is the reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the women's pole vault following the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast, where she set a new Games record of 4.75 metres (15.6 ft).

Brazil at the World Athletics Championships Highlights, in list form, of Brazils participation in World Athletics Championships

Brazil has participated in all the World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983. Brazil is 52nd on the all time medal table. Brazil's first World Championships medal was won by Joaquim Cruz in the Men's 800 metres in 1983. He won the bronze. Fabiana Murer won Brazil's first gold medal and the first woman's medal in the pole vault in 2011. Claudinei Quirino has the most medals with three.

The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Shawnacy Barber from Canada.

Jordan Geist is an American shot putter. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's shot put event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.

Baptiste Thiery is a French pole vaulter. He is a two-gold gold medalist in the men's pole vault event at the CARIFTA Games.

Reid Buchanan is an American long-distance runner. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.

Claudio Romero Chilean discus thrower

Claudio Romero is a Chilean track and field athlete competing in the discus throw.

Audrys Nin Reyes is an artistic gymnast from the Dominican Republic.

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. "Former Tiger earns second international medal". The Sealy News. August 16, 2019. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.