Ralph Rose
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 Ralph Rose | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s athletics | ||
Competitor for the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1904 St. Louis | Shot put |
| 1908 London | Shot put |
| 1912 Stockholm | Two handed shot put |
 | 1904 St. Louis | Discus throw |
| 1912 Stockholm | Shot put |
 | 1904 St. Louis | Hammer throw |
Biography[edit]
A giant of a man at 6' 5½" and 250 pounds, Rose was the first shot putter to break 50 feet. His world record of 51' 0", set in 1909, lasted for 16 years. In 1904, while at the University of Michigan, he won both the shot put and discus at the Big Ten championships. He subsequently competed for the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California and won seven National AAU titles in the shot, discus and javelin. A competitor in three Olympic Games, Rose compiled a medal total of three golds, two silver and one bronze. At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, he won the shot, was second in the discus, third in the hammer throw and sixth in the 56-pound weight throw.Four years later, in London, United Kingdom, he repeated as the shot put champion. At the opening ceremony Rose, the U.S. flag bearer, refused (supported by a majority of his mostly Irish-descended US teammates) to dip the flag to the royal box, as other countries did. Martin Sheridan supposedly explained Rose's action with the terse statement, "This flag dips to no earthly king." According to legend, this caused acrimony between the United States and Great Britain. Several decisions by British judges went against American athletes during the games, and U.S. spokesmen felt they stemmed from bias, caused in part by the flag incident. However, there is no reliable evidence that the British spectators objected to Rose's action, nor that Sheridan ever uttered his famous quote, which did not appear in print until 1952.[1]
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics Rose competed in the tug of war but was not successful.
In the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, he won the two-handed shot put (throwing a total of 27.70 m (90' 10½") with his right and left hands), took second in the regular shot, ninth in the hammer and 11th in the discus.
At the age of 28 he died of typhoid fever, in San Francisco.[2]
References[edit]
- Jump up ^ Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2
- Jump up ^ "ATHLETE ROSE DEAD; VICTIM OF TYPHOID". New York Times. October 17, 1913. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
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| Preceded by - | Flagbearer for United States London 1908 | Succeeded by George Bonhag |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by Incumbent | Men's Shot Put World Record Holder August 21, 1909 – May 6, 1928 | Succeeded by Emil Hirschfeld |
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Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1913 deaths
- People from Sonoma County, California
- Track and field people from California
- American shot putters
- American discus throwers
- American javelin throwers
- Male shot putters
- Male discus throwers
- Male javelin throwers
- American male track and field athletes
- Olympic tug of war competitors of the United States
- Tug of war competitors at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Michigan Wolverines track and field athletes
- Infectious disease deaths in California
- Deaths from typhoid fever
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