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    Barbara Relays in California. Uelses set a new world outdoor record at 16' 3/4". He would go on to achieve many more. Uelses was born Hans Joachim Feigenbaum...
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  • Davies  United States Boulder, U.S. May 20, 1961 1 4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) John Uelses Santa Barbara, U.S. March 31, 1962 1 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) Dave Tork Walnut...
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    Tokyo Died: Westropp Bennett, 95, Irish politician[citation needed] John Uelses became the first person to surpass 16 feet (4.88m) in the pole vault...
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  • 10 in) John Uelses  USA 27.01.1962 Washington, DC 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in) John Uelses  USA 02.02.1962 New York City 4.89 m (16 ft 1⁄2 in) John Uelses  USA 03...
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  • Easter Relays, a multi-day track and field carnival. It is the site where John Uelses cleared the first 16-foot pole vault outdoors, on March 31, 1962. See...
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  • Diane Moyer – field hockey, Moscow 1980; bronze medal, Los Angeles 1984 John Uelses – first person to pole vault 16' (4.88 m), setting the world record (failed...
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  • Olympic gymnast (1968). Joseph Torg, 88, American orthopedic surgeon. John Uelses, 85, American pole vaulter, complications from Alzheimer's disease. Barry...
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    16 ft (4.88 m) John Uelses  United States 31 March 1962 5 m (16 ft 5 in) Brian Sternberg  United States 27 April 1963 17 ft (5.18 m) John Pennel  United...
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  • latimes.com/1985-07-12/sports/sp-8974_1_pole-vault LA Times July 12, 1985 "John Uelses". independent.com. March 7, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2016. "The Rev....
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  • Records Preceded by John Uelses Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder April 28, 1962 – June 22, 1962 Succeeded by Pentti Nikula...
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