Robert Stangland
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1904 St. Louis | Long jump | |
| Bronze | 1904 St. Louis | Triple jump | |
Robert Sedgwick Stangland (born October 5, 1881, New York State) was an American athlete who competed in the early twentieth century in the long jump and the triple jump.
He won two bronze medals in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics at the age of 23. In the long jump Stangland won the bronze medal with a jump of 6.88 meters, finishing behind gold medalist Myer Prinstein and Daniel Frank who won the silver medal. In the triple jump at the 1904 Olympics, Stangland won another bronze medal with a distance of 13.365 meters with Myer Prinstein once again winning the gold medal and Frederick Engelhardt taking silver.
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