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Name
  
Meredith Colket

Children
  
Meredith B. Colkett Jr.

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Meredith Colket
Died
  
June 7, 1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education
  
University of Pennsylvania

Olympic medals
  
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault

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Irving Baxter, Carl Albert Andersen, Meredith B. Colkett Jr.

Meredith Bright Colket (November 19, 1878, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 7, 1947, Philadelphia) was an American pole vaulter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal in the men's pole vault ahead of Norwegian Carl-Albert Andersen who won bronze. Irving Baxter won gold.

Colket was a 1901 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of Phi Gamma Delta. He organized the first tennis team at Penn. He worked as an attorney for the General Accident Insurance Company. He died of a heart attack in Philadelphia in 1947.

Colket's son, Meredith B. Colket Jr. (1912–1985), was a noted genealogist.

References

Meredith Colket Wikipedia