Pat Matzdorf
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Full name | Patrick Clifford Matzdorf | |||||||||||
Born | (1949-12-26) December 26, 1949 (age 74) Sheboygan, Wisconsin | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | High jump | |||||||||||
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Personal best | 2.29 m (1971)[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Patrick Clifford Matzdorf (born December 26, 1949)[1] is an American former high jumper, who set a world record of 2.29 meters (7'-6 1/4") at a World All-Star Track Meet in Berkeley, California. Matzdorf, a Junior at the University of Wisconsin, entered the July 3, 1971 meet against the Soviet Union with a personal best of 7'-3" (2.21 m.) achieved earlier that year in March. He broke the world record that day on his third attempt at 2.29 meters.[2]
Matzdorf utilized the bent-leg straddle jumping style, a modification of the classic straight-leg straddle which dominated the sport in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]
Education sports
At the University of Wisconsin, he played basketball as well.
Corporate life
Patrick Clifford Matzdorf worked for AT&T Bell Labs at Indian Hill in Autoplex. He coined the phrase "wireless" as part of a standards meeting and was distinguished by his mustache.
Corporate sports
During his life at AT&T, according to co-workers, he played softball, which every time at the plate he stroked a home run. A company teammate, Tom Giammarresi, remembers "his throws from left field that were, not far off the ground, and traveled all the way to home plate like bullets." He also played coed volleyball. According to Sheila K. Brown Klinger, she stated "we all played volleyball together at IH (Randy Downing, director, and Dave Carbaugh, DH, were also on our team)."
References
- ^ a b Patrick Matzdorf. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b Kaplan, Jim (January 31, 1972). "Getting Up in the World; Pat Matzdorf has jumped higher than anyone, a feat". Sports Illustrated. Time, Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
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Preceded by Valeriy Brumel | Men's High Jump World Record Holder 1971-07-03 — 1973-07-11 | Succeeded by Dwight Stones |
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Preceded by Ni Zhiqin | Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1971 | Succeeded by |
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- 1951: Virgil Severns (USA)
- 1955: Ernie Shelton (USA)
- 1959: Charles Dumas (USA)
- 1963: Gene Johnson (USA)
- 1967: Ed Caruthers (USA)
- 1971: Pat Matzdorf (USA)
- 1975: Tom Woods (USA)
- 1979: Franklin Jacobs (USA)
- 1983: Francisco Centelles (CUB)
- 1987: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1991: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1999: Kwaku Boateng / Mark Boswell (CAN)
- 2003: Germaine Mason (JAM)
- 2007: Víctor Moya (CUB)
- 2011: Donald Thomas (BAH)
- 2015: Derek Drouin (CAN)
- 2019: Luis Zayas (CUB)
- 2023: Luis Zayas (CUB)
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