Irving Baxter

Irving Baxter
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Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Irving Knot Baxter (March 25, 1876 in Utica, New York – June 13, 1957) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.^[1]

Irving Baxter pole vaulting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Baxter also took second place to Ray Ewry in all three of the standing jumps (long, triple, and high) in 1900.

He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1899 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1901^[2]

References[]

^ "Irving Baxter". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/irving-knott-baxter accessed August 5, 2021

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[1] "Irving Baxter". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[2] ttps://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/irving-knott-baxter accessed August 5, 2021

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Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1900 Paris	High jump
	1900 Paris	Pole vault
	1900 Paris	Standing high jump
	1900 Paris	Standing long jump
	1900 Paris	Standing triple jump

v t US National Championship winners in men's high jump
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-8:
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: 1880: 1881: 1882: 1883: 1884: 1885–87: 1888^{Note 1}:
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: 1889: 1890–91: 1892–95: 1896: 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: 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter 1912: John Johnstone 1913: Alma Richards 1914: 1915: George Horine 1916: 1917: 1918: 1919–20^OT: John Murphy 1921–22: 1923: LeRoy Brown 1924: Robert Juday 1925–26: Harold Osborn 1927: Robert King 1928^OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis 1929: 1930–31: 1932^OT: 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: 1942: 1943: 1944: Fred Sheffield/ 1945: Dave Albritton/// 1946–47: Dave Albritton 1948: 1949: 1950: Dave Albritton///Virgil Severns 1951: 1952–53: Walt Davis 1954: Ernie Shelton 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton 1956–59: Charles Dumas 1960: John Thomas 1961: 1962: John Thomas 1963: Gene Johnson 1964: Ed Caruthers 1965–67: Otis Burrell 1968: 1969: Otis Burrell 1970–71: Reynaldo Brown 1972: 1973–74: Dwight Stones 1975: Tom Woods 1976–78: Dwight Stones 1979: Franklin Jacobs
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	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 1990–92^OT: Hollis Conway
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–94: Hollis Conway 1995–2000^2OT: Charles Austin 2001–02: Nathan Leeper 2003–04^OT: Jamie Nieto 2005: Matt Hemingway 2006: Tora Harris 2007: Jim Dilling 2008^OT: Jesse Williams 2009: Tora Harris 2010–11: Jesse Williams 2012^OT: Jamie Nieto 2013–16: Erik Kynard 2017:Bryan McBride 2018–19: Jeron Robinson 2021^{2020 OT}: JuVaughn Harrison
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932 and since 1992, 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.

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.