Bill Miller (Stabhochspringer)
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Bill Miller (eigentlich William Waring Miller; * 1. November 1912 in Dodge City, Kansas; † 13. November 2008 in Paradise Valley, Arizona) war ein US-amerikanischer Stabhochspringer und Olympiasieger.
Am 16. Juli 1932 bei den US-Trials übersprang William Graber 4,37 Meter und verbesserte den Weltrekord von Lee Barnes um sieben Zentimeter. Zweiter wurde der junge Bill Miller, der mit 4,30 Meter den alten Weltrekord einstellen konnte.
Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1932 wurde Graber mit 4,15 Meter nur Vierter, während Miller seine persönliche Bestleistung auf 4,315 Meter steigern konnte und Olympiasieger wurde.
Bill Miller war 1,72 m groß und wog in seiner aktiven Zeit 79 kg.
Literatur
- Bill Mallon, Ian Buchanan: Quest for Gold. New York 1984, ISBN 0-88011-217-4
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (publiziert über Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leichtathletik-Dokumentation e.V.)
Weblinks
- Bill Miller in der Datenbank von Olympedia.org (englisch)
1896: 
William Hoyt | 1900: 
Irving Baxter | 1904: Charles Dvorak | 1908: 
Edward Cook und 
Alfred Gilbert | 1912: 
Harry Babcock | 1920: Frank Foss | 1924: Lee Barnes | 1928: Sabin Carr | 1932: Bill Miller | 1936: Earle Meadows | 1948: Guinn Smith | 1952: Bob Richards | 1956: Bob Richards | 1960: Don Bragg | 1964: Fred Hansen | 1968: Bob Seagren | 1972: 
Wolfgang Nordwig | 1976: 
Tadeusz Ślusarski | 1980: 
Władysław Kozakiewicz | 1984: 
Pierre Quinon | 1988: 
Sergei Bubka | 1992: 
Maxim Tarassow | 1996: Jean Galfione | 2000: Nick Hysong | 2004: Timothy Mack | 2008: 
Steve Hooker | 2012: Renaud Lavillenie | 2016: 
Thiago Braz | 2020: 
Armand Duplantis
| Personendaten | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miller, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVNAMEN | Miller, William Waring (vollständiger Name) |
| KURZBESCHREIBUNG | US-amerikanischer Stabhochspringer und Olympiasieger |
| GEBURTSDATUM | 1. November 1912 |
| GEBURTSORT | Dodge City, Kansas |
| STERBEDATUM | 13. November 2008 |
| STERBEORT | Paradise Valley, Arizona |
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William Miller of the USA in action during the Pole Vault event at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA. Miller won the gold medal with a vault of 4.315 metres