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Intercalated Games | ||
1906 Athens | High jump |
Herbert William Kerrigan (January 24, 1879 – September 10, 1959) was an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
He was born in Portland, Oregon [1] and died in San Francisco.
Kerrigan competed for the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland and won the Pacific Northwest high jump championships in 1894 and 1896. [1] In the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece, Kerrigan won the bronze medal jointly with Greek athlete Themistoklis Diakidis. Kerrigan had been favored to win, but was injured by a wave that hit the ship carrying the U.S. team to Athens. [2] [3] The winning height of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) was the lowest winning height in Olympic history. [2]