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Sam Kendricks

1992 - Today

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Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the 2016 Olympics bronze and 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 and 2019 World Champion. In 2019, Kendricks set the American pole vault record at 6.06 m, tying him with Steve Hooker for sixth all time. He later won the gold medal at the World Championships in Doha. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Sam Kendricks is the 3,660th most popular athlete (down from 3,333rd in 2024), the 16,450th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,984th in 2019) and the 543rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sam Kendricks ranks 3,660 out of 6,025Before him are Dominic Andres, Derek Ibbotson, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Bart Veldkamp, Armin Eichholz, and Emma Green. After him are Yun Young-sook, Thomas Schroll, Vincent Defrasne, Ryan Murphy, Trine Hansen, and Kim Brennan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Sam Kendricks ranks 387Before him are Dai Takeuchi, Yeldos Smetov, Yeltsin Tejeda, Franka Batelić, Zarifa Ghafari, and Molly Sandén. After him are Jawad El Yamiq, María Gabriela de Faría, João Pedro, Madeline Brewer, Christophe Laporte, and Mao Ichimichi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Kendricks ranks 16,457 out of 20,380Before him are Vicki Lawrence (1949), William Oefelein (1965), Scott Adsit (1965), Kyle Korver (1981), Daveigh Chase (1990), and Melle Mel (1961). After him are Stan Van Gundy (1959), Rozonda Thomas (1971), Martin O'Malley (1963), Ricardo Sanchez (1953), Faith Ford (1964), and Patrick Breen (1960).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Sam Kendricks ranks 543Before him are Jeremy Wariner (1984), Chase Jackson (1994), Laura Kraut (null), Norman Bellingham (1964), Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (1989), and Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (1961). After him are Jimmy Shea (1968), Tim Montgomery (1975), Sheila Echols (1964), Danny Everett (1966), Shawn Crawford (1978), and Ashley Spencer (1993).