Ken Wiesner
 Wiesner at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||
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| Born |
February 17, 1925 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Navy | ||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 2.10 m (1953i)[1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth George Wiesner (born February 17, 1925) is a retired American high jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. Wiesner attended Marquette University, where he was a three-time NCAA high jump champion.[2] After the 1946 season he retired and became a dentist at U.S. Navy. He returned to compete at the 1952 Olympics, and in 1953 broke the world indoor record three times.[3]
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- ↑ Kenneth Wiesner. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ↑ "Monumental Moments: The Marquette Summer Olympics Story". gomarquette.com. Marquette University. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ken Wiesner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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