Samuel Symington Jones (January 16, 1880 – April 13, 1954) was an American
athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...
who competed mainly in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted ...
held in
St Louis
St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...
, United States in the high jump where he won the gold medal.
Biography
Jones won the British
AAA Championships
The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...
high jump title at the
1902 AAA Championships.
Two years later in 1904, Jones represented the United States at the 1904 Olympics, winning the high jump event.
References
External links
Samuel Jones at databaseOlympics.com
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1880 births
1954 deaths
American male high jumpers
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic male high jumpers
Olympic tug of war competitors for the United States
Tug of war competitors at the 1904 Summer Olympics
20th-century American sportsmen
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