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Athletics and rugby competitor
Morris Marshall Kirksey (September 13, 1895 – November 25, 1981) was an American
track and field athlete and
rugby union footballer who won two gold medals at the
1920 Summer Olympics . He is one of the few athletes to win gold medals in two different
Olympic sports.
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Biography
Born in
Waxahachie, Texas , Kirksey moved to the
San Francisco Bay Area when he was about thirteen years old, and graduated from the
Palo Alto High School in 1913.
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At the
1920 Olympic Games in
Antwerp , Kirksey finished second in the 100-meter sprint behind
Charley Paddock . Six days later, he anchored the
United States 4x100-meter relay team that won the gold medal in a
world record time of 42.2 seconds. Two weeks later, Kirksey won his second gold medal, helping the American rugby team defeat
France 8–0.
As a
Stanford University student, Kirksey won the
IC4A championships in 100 yd (91 m) in 1921, and repeated the Paddock's world record in 100 yd (91 m) of 9.6.
Kirksey earned a
bachelor's degree in
philosophy from Stanford and then a degree from the
St. Louis Medical College . He worked as a staff
psychiatrist for the state Department of Corrections, assigned to
San Quentin and
Folsom prisons.
Morris Kirksey died in
San Mateo, California , at the age of 86.
References
^
"Morris Kirksey" . Olympedia . Retrieved 4 July 2021 .
^ Faraudo, Jeff. "Kirksey strikes gold in two sports". Oakland Tribune. FindArticles.com. 15 Mar, 2009.
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1912 :
David Jacobs ,
Henry Macintosh ,
Victor d'Arcy ,
Willie Applegarth (
GBR )
1920 :
Charley Paddock ,
Jackson Scholz ,
Loren Murchison ,
Morris Kirksey (
USA )
1924 :
Loren Murchison ,
Louis Clarke ,
Frank Hussey ,
Al LeConey (
USA )
1928 :
Frank Wykoff ,
James Quinn ,
Charley Borah ,
Henry Russell (
USA )
1932 :
Bob Kiesel ,
Emmett Toppino ,
Hector Dyer ,
Frank Wykoff (
USA )
1936 :
Jesse Owens ,
Ralph Metcalfe ,
Foy Draper ,
Frank Wykoff (
USA )
1948 :
Barney Ewell ,
Lorenzo Wright ,
Harrison Dillard ,
Mel Patton (
USA )
1952 :
Dean Smith ,
Harrison Dillard ,
Lindy Remigino ,
Andy Stanfield (
USA )
1956 :
Ira Murchison ,
Leamon King ,
Thane Baker ,
Bobby Morrow (
USA )
1960 :
Bernd Cullmann ,
Armin Hary ,
Walter Mahlendorf ,
Martin Lauer (
EUA )
1964 :
Paul Drayton ,
Gerry Ashworth ,
Richard Stebbins ,
Bob Hayes (
USA )
1968 :
Charles Greene ,
Mel Pender ,
Ronnie Ray Smith ,
Jim Hines (
USA )
1972 :
Larry Black ,
Robert Taylor ,
Gerald Tinker ,
Eddie Hart (
USA )
1976 :
Harvey Glance ,
Lam Jones ,
Millard Hampton ,
Steve Riddick (
USA )
1980 :
Vladimir Muravyov ,
Nikolay Sidorov ,
Aleksandr Aksinin ,
Andrey Prokofyev (
URS )
1984 :
Sam Graddy ,
Ron Brown ,
Calvin Smith ,
Carl Lewis (
USA )
1988 :
Viktor Bryzhin ,
Vladimir Krylov ,
Vladimir Muravyov ,
Vitaliy Savin (
URS )
1992 :
Michael Marsh ,
Leroy Burrell ,
Dennis Mitchell ,
Carl Lewis ,
James Jett (
USA )
1996 :
Robert Esmie ,
Glenroy Gilbert ,
Bruny Surin ,
Donovan Bailey ,
Carlton Chambers (
CAN )
2000 :
Jon Drummond ,
Bernard Williams ,
Brian Lewis ,
Maurice Greene ,
Tim Montgomery ,
Kenny Brokenburr (
USA )
2004 :
Jason Gardener ,
Darren Campbell ,
Marlon Devonish ,
Mark Lewis-Francis (
GBR )
2008 :
Keston Bledman ,
Marc Burns ,
Emmanuel Callender ,
Richard Thompson ,
Aaron Armstrong (
TTO )
2012 :
Nesta Carter ,
Michael Frater ,
Yohan Blake ,
Usain Bolt ,
Bailey-Cole (
JAM )
2016 :
Asafa Powell ,
Yohan Blake ,
Nickel Ashmeade ,
Usain Bolt ,
Jevaughn Minzie ,
Kemar Bailey-Cole (
JAM )
2020 :
Lorenzo Patta ,
Marcell Jacobs ,
Fausto Desalu ,
Filippo Tortu (
ITA )
Track/road/cross country athletes Field/combined event athletes Coaches and trainers
New Zealand national champions in men's 100 m
Note: 100 yards before 1970
100 yards 100 metres
New Zealand national champions in men's 200 m
Note: 250 yards before 1901; 220 yards from 1901 to 1969
250 yards 220 yards 200 metres