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What is the event that is like high jump but athlete starts with a pole and uses it to get over a bar?
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Polevault
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Who was the best athlete at high jump?
me
What should a high jump athlete concentrate on?
A high jump athlete should focus on a height they they are comfortable with at first. A beginning high jumper will not have learned the proper jumping techniques, and as they practice and learn, their high jump heights will rise.
What kind athlete excel in high jump?
Tall ones
Who invented the high jump event?
camron hilton invented high jump
What are the 3 main parts of the long jump area?
The runway - where the athlete takes their run-up. The take off strip - where the athlete must NOT step over to make the jump count. The landing area -where the athlete will land after they've jumped.
1896 an American athlete became the first person to win an event in modern Olympics what was the event?
James Connolly in triple jump.
Who was the only athlete medal in high jump hurdles and javelin?
Babe Zaharias
What are the four jumping events in track and field?
Long Jump, High Jump, and Triple Jump are three 'true' jumping events- meaning they are entirely based on an athlete's unaided ability to gather forward momentum and launch themself, completely airborne, for a given distance or height.The fourth that may be considered a 'jumping event' is the Polevault. What destinguishes this event from the others is implentation of the pole (or 'implement') that the athlete must use to negotiate the height. The rational that it is not a jumping event is in the details of the technique required to accomplish this. The correct technique is primarily dependant on gathering enough momentum down the runway where as in combined with the thrust of the pole into the box, or 'the stick', will enable the pole to significantly flex upward. The pole under tension will launch, or 'vault', the athlete off the ground into the air. the ahtlete is also never completely airborne as they are holding the pole which is always in contact with the ground and is being aided by the force generated in the pole to accelerate the athlete upward (hopefully).
What track and field event did Donald driver compete in in high school?
best event was high jump
What is the difference between the long jump and high jump?
The long jump is where you have a long strip of sand which you run to and jump as far as you can along it whilst the high jump is where there is a pole which the athletes have to jump over and it gets raised every time each athlete has jumped. :)
Who was the first athlete to high jump over seven feet?
The American, Charlie Dumas, in 1956.
Which American Native American athlete won both the pentathlon and dacathlon in the 1912 Olympics game and was called the greatest athlete in the world?
Jim Thorpe, a part Sac and Fox Indian, won both the 5 event pentathlon and the 10 event decathlon and although he did not medal also finished fourth in the individual high jump and seventh in the individual long jump. King Gustav of Sweden told him "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world" and supposedly Thorpe replied "Thanks, King". The title Greatest Athlete in the World is often unofficially given to the winner of the decathlon ever since.
