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Bob Richards
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American athletics competitor, pole vaulter (1926–2023)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- I Want to Be a Lion Tamer a Guide to Living Your Passion
- Its in the Fine Print from the files of Consumer Watch 1999 first edition paperbk
- Triangle of Treason : An Enthralling Spy Thriller Set in WW2 Bermuda
- Triangle of Treason
- Yellowstone Country
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 28
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 58,229x
- Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology
· 2015 · cited 28,239x
- Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation
· 2013 · cited 11,796x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,178x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,522x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Eugene Richards , ( 1926-02-20 ) February 20, 1926, Champaign, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26) (aged 97)
- Party
- Populist (1984–1996), American Freedom (2010–2023)
- Alma mater
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Sport
- Pole vault, decathlon
- Club
- LAAC , Los Angeles
- Personal best s
- HJ – 1.91 m (1954), PV – 4.72 m (1957), LJ – 7.09 m (1954)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Team
- _Retired Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Bob Richards 1951.jpg
- Height
- 178
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-02-20
- Commons category
- Bob Richards
- name in native language
- Robert Eugene Richards
- nickname
- The Vaulting Vicar
- date of death
- 2023-02-26
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- end of work period
- 1956-00-00
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the first male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history (a feat only equalled in 2024 by Armand Duplantis).
While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket.