Marc Wright

Wright at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Pole vault

Marcus Snowell Wright (April 21, 1890 August 5, 1975) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born in Chicago and died in Reading, Massachusetts.[1]

Wright competed for a United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of winner Harry Babcock.

Wright graduated from Dartmouth College in 1913.[2]

References

  1. "Marc Wright". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. "Men's Track & Field Olympians". Big Green Sports. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-10.


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