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Ralph Waldo Rose (March 17, 1885 October 16, 1913) was an American track and field athlete. He was born in Healdsburg, California.[1]

Ralph Rose

Ralph Rose
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1904 St. Louis Shot put
1908 London Shot put
1912 StockholmTwo handed shot put
1904 St. Louis Discus throw
1912 StockholmShot put
1904 St. Louis Hammer throw

Biography


Standing 6 ft 5.5 in (197 cm) and weighing 250 pounds (115 kg), Rose was the first shot putter to break 50 feet (15 m). His world record of 51 ft 0 in (15.5 m), set in 1909, lasted for 16 years. In 1904, while at the University of Michigan, he won both the shot put and discus at the Big Ten championships. He subsequently competed for the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California and won seven National AAU titles in the shot, discus, and javelin. A competitor in three Olympic Games, Rose compiled a medal total of three golds, two silver, and one bronze. At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, he won the shot, was second in the discus, third in the hammer throw, and sixth in the 56-pound (25 kg) weight throw.

Four years later at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he repeated as the shot put champion. At the opening ceremony Rose, the U.S. flag bearer, refused (supported by a majority of his mostly Irish-American teammates) to dip the flag towards the royal box, as athletes from other countries did. Fellow athlete Martin Sheridan supposedly explained Rose's action with the terse statement, "This flag dips to no earthly king." According to legend, this caused acrimony between the United States and Great Britain. Several decisions by British judges went against American athletes during the games, and U.S. spokesmen felt they stemmed from bias, caused in part by the flag incident. However, there is no reliable evidence that the British spectators objected to Rose's action, nor that Sheridan ever uttered his famous quote, which did not appear in print until 1952.[2]

At the 1908 Summer Olympics Rose competed in the tug of war but was not successful.

Pat McDonald, Lawrence Whitney, and Ralph Rose in 1912.
Pat McDonald, Lawrence Whitney, and Ralph Rose in 1912.

In the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he won the two-handed shot put (throwing a total of 27.70 m (90 ft 10.5 in) with his right and left hands), took second in the regular shot, ninth in the hammer and 11th in the discus.

At the age of 28 he died of typhoid fever, in San Francisco.[3]


References


  1. "Ralph Rose". Olympedia. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2
  3. "Athlete Rose Dead; Victim of Typhoid" (PDF). The New York Times. October 17, 1913. Retrieved 4 July 2013.


Olympic Games
Preceded by
Matthew Halpin
Flagbearer for  United States
London 1908
Succeeded by
Records
Preceded by
Incumbent
Men's Shot Put World Record Holder
August 21, 1909 – May 6, 1928
Succeeded by

На других языках


[de] Ralph Rose

Ralph Waldo Rose (* 17. März 1884 in Healdsburg; † 16. Oktober 1913 in San Francisco) war ein US-amerikanischer Leichtathlet.
- [en] Ralph Rose

[fr] Ralph Rose

Ralph Waldo Rose (né le 17 mars 1885 à Healdsburg (Californie) - mort le 16 octobre 1913 à San Francisco) était un athlète américain. Aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1904 à Saint Louis, il est devenu (et reste à ce jour) le plus jeune champion olympique du lancer du poids. Quatre ans plus tard à Londres, il défend victorieusement son titre.

[it] Ralph Rose

Ralph Waldo Rose (Healdsburg, 17 marzo 1885 – San Francisco, 16 ottobre 1913) è stato un pesista, discobolo e martellista statunitense di inizio XX secolo.

[ru] Роуз, Ральф

Ральф Уолдо Роуз (англ. Ralph Waldo Rose; 17 марта 1885, Хилдсберг, Калифорния — 16 октября 1913, Сан-Франциско) — американский легкоатлет, трёхкратный чемпион и призёр летних Олимпийских игр.



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