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Dave Tork Personal information Born 25 August 1934 Medal recordMen's athletics Competitor for the United States Pan American Games Gold 1963 São Paulo Pole vault David ("Dave") Tork (born 25 August 1934) is retired male pole vaulter from the United States. He set his personal best (5.08 metres) in the event on 27 June 1964 at a meet in Brunswick.[disambiguation needed ]
References
Records Preceded by
John UelsesMen's Pole Vault World Record Holder
April 28, 1962 – June 22, 1962Succeeded by
Pentti NikulaPan American Champions in Men's Pole Vault 1951 – 1955: Bob Richards (USA) • 1959: Don Bragg (USA) • 1963: Dave Tork (USA) • 1967: Bob Seagren (USA) • 1971: Jan Johnson (USA) • 1975: Earl Bell (USA) • 1979: Bruce Simpson (CAN) • 1983 – 1987: Mike Tully (USA) • 1991 – 1999: Pat Manson (USA) • 2003: Toby Stevenson (USA) • 2007: Fábio Gomes da Silva (BRA) • 2011: Lázaro Borges (CUB)
Categories:- 1934 births
- Living people
- American pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- American track and field athletics biography stubs
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