Myer Prinstein
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Myer (or Meyer) Prinstein (born Mejer Prinsztejn, December 22, 1878 – March 10, 1925) was a Polish American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in Queens, New York. A 1902 law graduate and track team captain for Syracuse University, after college he became a New York real estate lawyer and businessman while living in Jamaica Plains, Queens. To date, he is the only Olympic track athlete to win both the triple and long jump in the same Olympics, earning the distinction in St. Louis in 1904.[3]
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Birth name | Mejer Prinsztejn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1878-12-22)December 22, 1878 Szczuczyn, Northeast Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | March 10, 1925(1925-03-10) (aged 46) New York City, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Syracuse U. 1902, Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Business, Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] (sources vary) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Henrietta Northshield m. 1908[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 1 b. June 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Irish American Athletic Club, Syracuse U. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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