Ken Wiesner (Kenneth George Wiesner; born 17 February 1925 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
He competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the high jump where he won the silver medal.
Wiesner broke the world indoor record 3 times and had a lifetime best of 2.102 m (6 ft 11 in)i.
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“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)