Dick Railsback

Dick Railsback
Personal information
Annika Rohlén and Dick Railsback
Born	(1946-03-19) March 19, 1946 (age 75)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	Gefle IF (1969–71)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5.40 m (1969)^[1]

Dick Railsback (born March 19, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter. In 1967 he was ranked fifth in the world. Next year he won the national title, but placed fourth at the Olympic Trials and was not selected for the 1968 Olympic team.^[1] He attended the 1976 Summer Olympics as a coach for the American athletics team.^[2]

In August 1970 Railsback married Annika Rohlén, an interpreter during his 1967 visit to Sweden. In 1969–71 he mostly stayed in Sweden and competed for Gefle IF. Dick and Annika have a daughter Michelle and son Michael. Both were born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, but spent every summer in Sweden until ca. 2001; they hold dual citizenship and speak Swedish. Both competed for Gefle IF in hurdle running, and Michelle also in the pole vault and flat running.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Dick Railsback. trackfield.brinkster.net
^ ^a ^b Dick Railsback turns 65! idrottonline.se (March 19, 2011)

v t US National Championship winners in men's pole vault
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1877: 1878:
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879–81: 1882: 1883–86: 1887: (GBR) & 1888^{Note 1}:
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: 1889: Lat Stones (GBR) & 1890: 1891–92: 1893–94: 1895: 1896: 1897: 1898: 1899: Irving Baxter 1900: 1901: Charles Dvorak 1902: 1903: Charles Dvorak 1904: 1905: 1906: LeRoy Samse 1907: Ed Cook 1908: William Halpenny (CAN) & Claude Allen 1909: 1910: Harry Babcock 1911: Ed Cook, Frank Coyle & Sam Bellah 1912: Harry Babcock 1913: Stanley Wagoner 1914: 1915: Sam Bellah 1916: Sherman Landers 1917: Edward Knourek 1918: 1919–20: Frank Foss 1921–22: Edward Knourek 1923–24: Edwin Myers 1925: 1926: 1927–28: Lee Barnes 1929–30: Fred Sturdy 1931: 1932: Bill Graber 1933: Keith Brown & Matt Gordy 1934: Keith Brown, Bill Graber & 1935: Earle Meadows & Bill Sefton 1936: George Varoff 1937: Bill Sefton 1938: Cornelius Warmerdam 1939: George Varoff 1940–44: Cornelius Warmerdam 1945: Boo Morcom & 1946: 1947: Boo Morcom 1948: Boo Morcom & Bob Richards 1949–51: Bob Richards 1952: Bob Richards & Don Laz 1953: Don Laz & George Mattos 1954–57: Bob Richards 1958: Ron Morris 1959: Don Bragg 1960: 1961–62: Ron Morris 1963: Brian Sternberg 1964: Fred Hansen 1965: John Pennel 1966: Bob Seagren 1967: Paul Wilson 1968: Dick Railsback 1969–70: Bob Seagren 1971: Jan Johnson 1972: Dave Roberts 1973: Mike Cotton 1974: Dave Roberts 1975: Don Baird (AUS) * Terry Porter 1976: Earl Bell 1977: Mike Tully 1978: Dan Ripley 1979: Mike Tully
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Tom Hintnaus 1981: Billy Olson 1982: Dan Ripley & Billy Olson 1983: 1984: Earl Bell 1985: Joe Dial 1986: Mike Tully 1987: Joe Dial 1988–89: Kory Tarpenning 1990: Earl Bell 1991–92: Tim Bright
1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993–95: Scott Huffman 1996–97: Lawrence Johnson 1998–99: Jeff Hartwig 2000–01: Lawrence Johnson 2002–03: Jeff Hartwig 2004: Tim Mack 2005: Brad Walker 2006: 2007: Brad Walker 2008: Derek Miles 2009: Brad Walker 2010: Mark Hollis 2011: Derek Miles 2012–13: Brad Walker 2014–19: Sam Kendricks 2020 not held 2021^{2020 OT}: Chris Nilsen
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.