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Meredith Bright Colket (November 19, 1878 – June 7, 1947) was an American pole vaulter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the men's pole vault ahead of Norwegian Carl-Albert Andersen who won bronze. Irving Baxter won gold.[1][2]
 Meredith Colket | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1900 Paris | Pole vault |
Colket was born on November 19, 1878 in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in 1901 and a LL.B degree in 1904. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta and the varsity track team for all four of his undergraduate years. He organized the first tennis team at Penn and won second place at the intercollegiate tennis doubles championship in 1902. He worked as an attorney for the General Accident Fire & Life Insurance Corporation and continued to play tennis at the Merion Cricket Club.[3] He married Alberta Kelsey on April 12, 1911 in London.[4]
He died of a heart attack at his home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1947.[3] He was interred in the family plot at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.[5]
Colket's son, Meredith B. Colket Jr. (1912–1985), was a noted genealogist.[6]
References
- "Meredith Colket". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- "Meredith Bright Colket". archives.upenn.edu. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- "Meredith Bright Colket". www.archives.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "The Lafayette Negative Archive". www.lafayette.org.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "Laurel Hill Cemetery - Cemetery Records". www.thelaurelhillcemetery.org. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- "Colket, Meredith Bright Jr". www.case.edu. Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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Meredith Bright Colket (né le 19 novembre 1878 à Philadelphie et décédé le 7 juin 1947 à Bryn Mawr) est un athlète américain spécialiste du saut à la perche. Son club était les Penn Quakers[it] Meredith Colket
Meredith Bright Colket (Filadelfia, 19 novembre 1878 – Bryn Mawr, 7 giugno 1947) è stato un astista statunitense.[ru] Колкет, Мередит
Мередит Брайт Колкет (англ. Meredith Bright Colket; 19 ноября 1878 (1878-11-19), Филадельфия — 7 июня 1947, Брин-Мор) — американский легкоатлет, серебряный призёр летней Олимпиады 1900.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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