Bob Richards
Bob Richards
Robert Eugene "Bob" Richards, nicknamed the "Vaulting Vicar" or the "Pole Vaulting Parson" in his competitive days, was a versatile athlete who made three US Olympic Teams in two events. He competed in the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter, and as a decathlete in 1956. He is the only male two-time Olympic gold medal winner in the pole vault, thus also the only man to defend his Olympic title. He also won a bronze medal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth20 February 1926
CountryUnited States of America