PV trivia

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Who was the first man to vault higher(indoor or out) than Isinbayeva's WR(4.95)? Unhelpful hints: a US collegian, and set an outdoor WR later that year. And already owned an Olympic silver.

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4, 98 m John Pennel, USA, 10 Apr 1963, Natchitoches

[Double R Bar4]

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John Pennel never medaled in the Olympics.

[trig]

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Ron Morris?

[Rufus Cookie]

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>Who was the first man to vault higher(indoor or out) than Isinbayeva's
>WR(4.95)? Unhelpful hints: a US collegian, and set an outdoor WR later that
>year. And already owned an Olympic silver.

im guessing it was done indoors, by whom i dont know. but it pretty much has to be one of these guys doesnt it? Brian Sternberg, John Pennel, Pentti Nikula, David Tork,Robert Gutowski, Ronald Morris, Donald Bragg or John Uelses. Im not sure if Pentti Nikula went to college in the US, so based on the Unhelpful tips ill rule him out. Stenberg, Pennel Tork and Uelses dont have any olympic medals i dont think, so thats them gone, leaving us with Bragg, Morris and Gutowski. the unhelpful hints say a silver medal, and Bragg was the 1960 gold medallist so we are down to two. Morris and Gutowski, both have olympic silvers. But i believe Morris never held an outdoor WR, so im going with the answer being Robert Gutowski, even though i dont think it is actually right

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id go with Pennel or Nikula as my own guess, but yeah i dont have a clue

[26mi235]

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Ron Morris was my guess. I think that he got silver and was the second one over 16 feet. (PV beat me to the name, but I did not rely on it.)

[Half Miler]

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Has to be Morris. He was the only American to win a silver during that period.

[cullman]

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Great trivia question. I'm still slapping myself upside the head after looking at oldvaulter's response.

cman

[dukehjsteve]

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I concur that it was Morris, and I truly thought of him before seeing others saying the same. He was 2nd to Bragg in '60, plus I remember he cracked 16' in 1962 by some small amount, probably to at least 16'3" (4.95 )

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Well done, oldvaulter. It probably took a fellow Bruin (if I recall your identity correctly?) to get that one. I was going to add another hint - that the Vault wasn't his 'best event'. Yang did 4.96/16'3 1/4, January '63(LA Times Inv?). Nikula's 5.10(and 5.00,5.05) was a week or two later, but unratified, so C.K. had record until Sternberg's 4.97 on 3/9/63. And of course his outdoor WR and Oly silver were in the Decathlon.

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apologies for misleading hint - instead of "US collegian", maybe I should've said "set record while at US college".

[dukehjsteve]

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old vaulter, nice to know you are still alive and living in the USA or somewhere !

[Pego]

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Hey oldvaulter, we've had our differences of opinion, but I was worried about you and missed your presence. Say something at least occasionally.

[tafnut]

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oldvaulter - I was one of those you 'argued' with, but I was fine with it, because you always had very interesting insights. I forget what our last thread was, but you disappeared right after that, so I hope that wasn't a cause. We need your knowledge, experience and perspective around here - so stay! Please.

[Per Andersen]

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> We need your knowledge, experience and perspective around here - so stay! Please.

That goes for me too. You have really been missed.