Meredith Colket
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | |||
| Silver | 1900 | Pole Vault | |
Meredith Bright Colket (born November 19, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died June 7, 1947, Philadelphia) was an American pole vaulter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the mens pole vault ahead of Norwegian Carl-Albert Andersen who won bronze. Irving Baxter won gold.
Colket was a 1901 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He organized the first tennis team at Penn. He worked as an attorney for the General Accident Insurance Company. He died of a heart attack in Philadelphia in 1947.
Colket's son, Meredith B. Colket Jr. (1912-1985), was a noted genealogist.
