Herbert Kerrigan

Olympic medal record
Men’s athletics
1906 Intercalated Games
Bronze 1906 Athens high jump

Herbert William Kerrigan (January 24, 1879 – September 10, 1959) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.

He was born in Portland, Oregon[1] and died in San Francisco.

Kerrigan competed for the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland and won the Pacific Northwest high jump championships in 1894 and 1896.[1] In the 1906 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece, Kerrigan won the bronze medal jointly with Greek athlete Themistoklis Diakidis. Kerrigan had been favored to win, but was injured by a wave that hit the ship carrying the U.S. team to Athens.[2][3] The winning height of 5' 10" (1.775m) was the lowest winning height in Olympic history.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Curtis, William B.. "American Amateur Athletes in 1896". Outing XXIX (3): pp. 272–276. http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_29/outXXIX03/outXXIX03l.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b "Trivia archive". Running Past. http://www.runningpast.com/trivia_archive.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-04. 
  3. ^ "American athletes arrive; most of those injured on the steamer are recovering". New York Times. April 16, 1906 (subscription required). http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0D10FA3A5A12738DDDAE0994DC405B868CF1D3. Retrieved 2007-06-04.