Marc Wright

Marc Wright

Wright at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1912 StockholmPole vault

Marcus Snowell Wright (April 21, 1890 – August 5, 1975) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He was born in Chicago and died in Reading, Massachusetts.

Wright competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden, in the pole vault. He won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of the winner Harry Babcock.

Wright graduated from Dartmouth College in 1913.

Records

Marc Wright is the first man to clear 4.00 m in pole vaulting, he is also the first world record holder in the discipline.