Frank Nelson (athlete)

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Olympic medal record
Men’s Track and field
Silver 1912 Stockholm Pole vault

Frank Thayer Nelson (May 22, 1887July 16, 1970) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.

He competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal.

He graduated from Lawrenceville, class of 1906, and Yale, class of 1910. He was a life long member of the Les Cheneaux Club on Marquette Island in northern Lake Huron.