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    James Brendan Bennet Connolly (Irish: Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he...
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  • States representative from Illinois James Bell Connolly (1892–1970), Australian politician James Brendan Connolly (1868–1957), American athlete in the...
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    James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part...
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    series Hill Street Blues (1981–83). He portrayed U.S. Olympian James Brendan Connolly in the 1984 miniseries, The First Olympics: Athens 1896, and also...
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    women's world record was broken at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. James Brendan Connolly was the first Olympic triple jump champion and, as it was the first...
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  • Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee (NOC). James Brendan Connolly of the United States is credited as the first ever gold medalist...
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    Bronze edit 1896 Athens details Ellery Harding Clark  United States James Brendan Connolly  United States none awarded Robert Garrett  United States 1900 Paris...
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    only, person to have won both the long jump and the triple jump. James Brendan Connolly took second, making him the first man to medal twice in the triple...
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    on the same foot and then a jump. The first modern Olympic champion, James Connolly, was a triple jumper. Early Olympics also included the standing triple...
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    Men's long jump 6.35 OR James Brendan Connolly 6.11 Thomas Curtis DNS Ralph Derr DNS Robert Garrett 6.18 James Brendan Connolly Men's triple jump 13.71...
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    of the Olympic Park Munich. The street was named in 1971 after James Brendan Connolly, the first Olympic champion of the modern era (1896). It leads from...
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  • details James Brendan Connolly  United States Alexandre Tuffère  France Ioannis Persakis  Greece 1900 Paris details Myer Prinstein  United States James Brendan...
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    Summer Olympic coins Winter Olympic coins Lists of Olympic medalists James Brendan Connolly, recipient of the first winner's medal Pierre de Coubertin medal...
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  • Block as Robert Garrett, United States athlete David Caruso as James Brendan Connolly, United States athlete Alex Hyde-White as Arthur Blake, United States...
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    Bronze edit 1896 Athens details Ellery Harding Clark  United States James Brendan Connolly  United States none awarded Robert Garrett  United States 1900 Paris...
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    July Athletics Men's triple jump  United States Myer Prinstein James Brendan Connolly Lewis Sheldon 16 July Athletics Men's standing high jump  United...
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    details Ellery Clark  United States Robert Garrett  United States James Brendan Connolly  United States 1900 Paris details Alvin Kraenzlein  United States...
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    2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021. "BOSTON LEAPS 27-5; Breaks Own Record -- Connolly Hits 233-2 in Hammer Throw". The New York Times. 30 May 1960. Archived...
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  • skating) Tracy Caulkins (swimming) Alice Coachman (Track & Field) James Brendan Connolly (track & field) Bart Conner (gymnastics) Natalie Coughlin (swimming)...
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    "The styles of the medalists were described in The Field as follows: Connolly took two hops on his right foot and then a jump; Tuffèri performed a hop...
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  • John Barrett John Beresford John Pius Boland John Carpenter James Clarke James Brendan Connolly Denis St. George Daly John Daly Dennis Fenton John Flanagan...
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    Patrick Collins (1844–1905), 32nd mayor Hal Connolly (1931–2010), Olympic athlete James Brendan Connolly (1868–1957), first modern Olympic champion John...
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    James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum...
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    beating the 1896 champion, James Brendan Connolly, in 1900) and the second to receive two medals of any color (after Connolly). With only American competitors...
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  • 1874) Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867) January 20 – James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868) January 26 Helene Costello,...
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    Report rather than the IOC results page for Garrett's distance, puts Connolly's best jump at 5.84 metres, gives Chalkokondylis in fourth place (using...
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  • James Connolly (11 February 1901 – 16 December 1980) was a socialist politician in Ireland. He was also known as "Roddy Connolly" and "Rory Connolly"...
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  • authors including Seán O'Casey, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, and others. It also includes the James Brendan Connolly collection. The Pestana Collection...
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    − football player Tony Conigliaro (1945–1990) − baseball player James Brendan Connolly – U.S. Olympic champion (triple jump) Stephen Cooper − football...
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    Karl Staaf  Sweden Unknown Waldemar Steffen  Germany Unknown — James Brendan Connolly  United States DNS Arpád Danos  Hungary DNS Eric Lemming  Sweden...
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