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Donald George „Don“ Bragg (* 15. Mai 1935 in Penns Grove, New Jersey; † 16. Februar 2019) war ein US-amerikanischer Stabhochspringer, der in der zweiten Hälfte der 1950er Jahre erfolgreich war. Bragg ist als letzter Weltrekordspringer mit einem Metallstab in die Geschichte der Leichtathletik eingegangen.
Donald George Bragg (May 15, 1935 – February 16, 2019) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault and won a gold medal in that event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1] Life. Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High School. [2] Bragg was the last of the great pole vaulters to use an aluminum pole.
18. Feb. 2019 · Don Bragg, who was denied his dream of playing Tarzan in the movies but parlayed his imposing physique into a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1960 Rome Olympics, died on Saturday at his home...
18. Feb. 2019 · Bragg won the gold medal in Rome with a world record of 4.70m and was one of the last to use a metal pole. He also set an indoor world record of 4.81m and had a sister who was a pioneer vaulter.
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Don Bragg was much taller than your average pole vaulter, but this didn't stand in the way of the 6'3" Am...
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Don Bragg was the last of the great pole vaulters to use a steel pole. From 1954 until 1960, he was always world ranked and capped a brilliant career in 1960 by setting a world record of 15' 9 1/4" at the Olympic Trials and winning an Olympic gold medal with a vault of 15' 5". He set a world indoor record of 15' 9 1/2" at Philadelphia in 1959 ...
11. Mai 2024 · Don Bragg (born May 15, 1935, Penns Grove, New Jersey, U.S.—died February 16, 2019, Oakley, California) was an American athlete who won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
