Garrett Serviss (athlete)
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Garrett Putnam Serviss, Jr. (January 1881 – December 23, 1907) was an American
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who mostly competed in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the
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held in
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,
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in the high jump where he won the silver medal. Serviss graduated from
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in 1905. His father was science fiction writer Garrett P. Serviss.


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Garrett Serviss' profile at database Olympics
* * 1881 births 1907 deaths Cornell University alumni Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male high jumpers Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic male high jumpers 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub