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Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein (December 12, 1876 – January 6, 1928) was an American track-and-field athlete known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique". He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. [2]
- Alvin Christian Kraenzlein
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- January 6, 1928 (aged 51), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alvin Kraenzlein was an American athlete, the first competitor to win four gold medals at a single Olympics. He is credited with having originated the modern technique of hurdling, and his world record in the 220-yard hurdles was unbroken for more than a quarter-century. During the mid-1890s
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Penn People. Alvin Christian Kraenzlein 1876 - 1928. Penn Connection. D.D.S. 1900. Member of track team 1898-1900. Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 6, 1876, to German immigrants Johann Georg Kränzlein and Maria Augusta Schmidt. The family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, soon after he was born.
The University of Pennsylvania allowed its athletes to compete on a Sunday, and their star jumper, dentistry student Alvin Kraenzlein, beat Prinstein’s mark by less than half an inch, winning the gold medal. When Prinstein learned of Kraenzlein’s victory, he demanded a rematch.
Alvin Kraenzlein. Olympian (1900); four-time Olympic medalist (4 golds) Paris 1900, gold (60-meter, 110 hurdles, 200 hurdles, long jump) 4. GOLD. 0. SILVER. 0. BRONZE. news from athlete's sport. Chris Nilsen Soaring to Greater Heights With World Championships in Sight. Jul 27, 2023.
Jul 11, 2016 · July 11, 2016. Penn Archives. This week in 1900, Milwaukee’s Alvin Kraenzlein won his fourth gold medal at the summer Olympics in Paris. Kraenzlein was a pioneer in hurdling, perfecting the lead-leg technique still used to this day. Kraenzlein grew up in Milwaukee and began running while a student at Milwaukee’s East Side High School.
Aug 5, 2016 · Milwaukee’s Alvin Kraenzlein was a pioneer in hurdling, perfecting the technique still used by hurdlers to this day. But despite his importance to track and field, the four-time gold medalist isn’t a name that many — if any — of us know.
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