George Horine

George Leslie Horine (February 3, 1890 – November 28, 1948) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the high jump.

While on the track team at Stanford University, his technique was corrected to the more conventional jumping style of the time.

A few weeks later at the Olympic Trials, he improved again to jump 6' 7" making him the first man to break the 2 metres (6 ft 6.7 in) barrier.

[3] He competed for the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden, where he won the bronze medal in the men's high jump event.

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Horine at the Stockholm Olympics