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Meredith Colket

1878 - 1947

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Meredith Bright Colket (November 19, 1878 – June 7, 1947) was an American pole vaulter who competed in 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 born on November 19, 1878, in Philadelphia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in 1901 and a LL.B degree in 1904. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meredith Colket has received more than 14,878 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Meredith Colket is the 2,485th most popular athlete (down from 1,569th in 2019), the 13,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,100th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular American Athlete.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Meredith Colket has had the most page views in the with 1,667 views, followed by French (770), and Latvian (473). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (134.09%), Serbian (42.98%), and Persian (42.48%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Meredith Colket ranks 2,485 out of 6,025Before him are Andreas Zülow, Myriam Bédard, Tatyana Lysenko, Samuel Matete, Robertas Žulpa, and Tudor Casapu. After him are Douglas Wakiihuri, Oksen Mirzoyan, Adrián Annus, Sigrun Wodars, Ronald Weigel, and Ralf Schumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Meredith Colket ranks 243Before him are Frederick Humphreys, Robert Warwick, James Truslow Adams, Taylor Holmes, John McLean, and Henry Weed Fowler. After him are Roy Atwell, Thomas MacDonagh, Major Taylor, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Grace Abbott, and Joe Ruddy. Among people deceased in 1947, Meredith Colket ranks 215Before him are Alphonzo Bell, James Larkin, Giovanni Delise, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Albert Ireton, and Adrienne Ames. After him are K. L. Saigal, Walter Donaldson, George Forbes, Ellen Wilkinson, and Alfred Bowerman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Meredith Colket ranks 13,277 out of 20,380Before him are Peter Hermann (1967), Carl Shy (1908), Earl Palmer (1924), Mark Van Doren (1894), Ruth Buzzi (1936), and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922). After him are Polly Ann Young (1908), Michael Fincke (1967), Walter Mosley (1952), Vincent Canby (1924), John Tooby (1952), and Harry Solter (1873).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Meredith Colket ranks 432Before him are Tim Montgomery (1975), Gerry Ashworth (1942), Fred Newhouse (1948), Lawrence Shields (1895), Mary Decker (1958), and Aries Merritt (1985). After him are Dennis Mitchell (1966), Joe Rantz (1914), Vicki Draves (1924), Bob Seagren (1946), Jeremy Wariner (1984), and Noah Lyles (1997).