Bob King (Robert Wade King; (June 20, 1906 - July 29, 1965) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
He competed for the United States in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the high jump where he won the gold medal.
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Olympic Champions in Men's High Jump
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- 1896: Ellery Harding Clark (USA)
- 1900: Irving Baxter (USA)
- 1904: Samuel Jones (USA)
- 1908: Harry Porter (USA)
- 1912: Alma Richards (USA)
- 1920: Richmond Landon (USA)
- 1924: Harold Osborn (USA)
- 1928: Bob King (USA)
- 1932: Duncan McNaughton (CAN)
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson (USA)
- 1948: John Winter (AUS)
- 1952: Walt Davis (USA)
- 1956: Charles Dumas (USA)
- 1960: Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
- 1964: Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1968: Dick Fosbury (USA)
- 1972: Jüri Tarmak (URS)
- 1976: Jacek Wszoła (POL)
- 1980: Gerd Wessig (GDR)
- 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1988: Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
- 1992: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1996: Charles Austin (USA)
- 2000: Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
- 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE)
- 2008: Andrey Silnov (RUS)
- 2012: Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
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US National Championship winners in Men's high jump
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1876-1878
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1879-1888
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- 1879: William Wunder
- 1880: Alfred Carroll
- 1881: C.W. Durand
- 1882: Alfred Carroll
- 1883: Malcolm Ford
- 1884: J.T. Rinehart
- 1885-87: William Page
- 1888Note 1: Tim O'Connor
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1888-1979
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- 1888Note 1: Daniel Webster
- 1889: R.K. Pritchard
- 1890-91: Alvah Nickerson
- 1892-95: Mike Sweeney
- 1896: Charles Powell
- 1897-1900: Irving Baxter
- 1901: Sam Jones
- 1902: Irving Baxter
- 1903-4: Sam Jones
- 1905: Herbert Kerrigan
- 1906: Neil Patterson
- 1907: Con Leahy
- 1908: Harry Porter
- 1909: Egon Erickson
- 1910: Walter Thomason
- 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter
- 1912: John Johnstone
- 1913: Alma Richards
- 1914: Jo Loomis
- 1915: George Horine
- 1916: Wes Oler
- 1917: Clint Larsen
- 1918: Carl Rice
- 1919-20OT: John Murphy
- 1921-22: Dewey Alberts
- 1923: LeRoy Brown
- 1924: Robert Juday
- 1925-26: Harold Osborn
- 1927: Robert King
- 1928OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis
- 1929: Henry Lassalette
- 1930-31: Anton Burg
- 1932OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel
- 1933: Cornelius Johnson
- 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty
- 1935: Cornelius Johnson
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton
- 1937: Dave Albritton
- 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton
- 1939-40: Les Steers
- 1941: William Stewart
- 1942: Adam Berry
- 1943: Pete Watkins
- 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith
- 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson
- 1946-47: Dave Albritton
- 1948: Tom Schofield
- 1949: Dick Phillips
- 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns
- 1951: Lewis Hall
- 1952-53: Walt Davis
- 1954: Ernie Shelton
- 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton
- 1956-59: Charles Dumas
- 1960: John Thomas
- 1961: Bob Avant
- 1962: John Thomas
- 1963: Gene Johnson
- 1964: Ed Caruthers
- 1965-67: Otis Burrell
- 1968: Ed Hanks
- 1969: Otis Burrell
- 1970-71: Reynaldo Brown
- 1972: Barry Schur
- 1973-74: Dwight Stones
- 1975: Tom Woods
- 1976-78: Dwight Stones
- 1979: Franklin Jacobs
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1980-1992
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- 1980: Franklin Jacobs
- 1981: Tyke Peacock
- 1982: Milt Ottey
- 1983: Dwight Stones
- 1984: Jim Howard
- 1985: Brian Stanton
- 1986: Doug Nordquist
- 1987: Jerome Carter
- 1988: Doug Nordquist
- 1989: Brian Brown
- 1990-92OT: Hollis Conway
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1993-onwards
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- 1993-94: Hollis Conway
- 1994: Ron Clark
- 1995-20002OT: Charles Austin
- 2001-02: Nathan Leeper
- 2003-04: Jamie Nieto
- 2005: Matt Hemingway
- 2006: Tora Harris
- 2007: Jim Dilling
- 2008: Jesse Williams
- 2009: Tora Harris
- 2010-11: Jesse Williams
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| Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
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| Persondata |
| Name |
King, Bob |
| Alternative names |
King, Robert Wade |
| Short description |
American high jumper |
| Date of birth |
June 20, 1906 |
| Place of birth |
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| Date of death |
July 29, 1965 |
| Place of death |
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