Sport Sprint running Height 1.73 m Role Olympic athlete | Name Alvah Meyer Club I-AAC, Queens Weight 65 kg | |
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Olympic medals Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres Similar Donald Lippincott, Ralph Craig, Shizo Kanakuri Died December 19, 1939 (aged 51) Tucson, Arizona, United States | ||
Olympics 1912 100m
Alvah T. Meyer (July 18, 1888 – December 19, 1939) was an American sprint runner. He was a Jewish member of the Irish American Athletic Club, which also included Abel Kiviat and Myer Prinstein.
Meyer underperformed at the 1912 Olympic Trials and was only included to the US Olympic team on the condition that he pays his travel, which was eventually covered by his parents. He won the silver medal in the 100 meters, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 200 m event.
In 1914 he set a world record at 60 yards, and in 1915 he set a world record at 330 yards.
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