Irving Baxter

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title: "Irving Baxter" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1876-births", "1957-deaths", "sportspeople-from-utica,-new-york", "american-men-high-jumpers", "american-men-pole-vaulters", "athletes-(track-and-field)-at-the-1900-summer-olympics", "olympic-gold-medalists-for-the-united-states-in-track-and-field", "olympic-silver-medalists-for-the-united-states-in-track-and-field", "track-and-field-athletes-from-new-york-(state)", "medalists-at-the-1900-summer-olympics", "olympic-men-high-jumpers", "university-of-pennsylvania-law-school-alumni", "burials-at-forest-hill-cemetery-(utica,-new-york)", "penn-quakers-men's-track-and-field-athletes", "19th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American athlete (1876–1957)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Baxter" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American athlete (1876–1957) ::

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Field	Value
name	Irving Baxter
image	[[File:Irving baxter.jpg
birth_date	March 25, 1876
birth_place	Utica, New York
death_date	June 13, 1957 (aged 81)
death_place	Utica, New York
sport	Athletics
event	high jump
club	Penn Quakers, Philadelphia
show-medals	yes
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|name= Irving Baxter |image=[[File:Irving baxter.jpg|150px]] |caption= |birth_date= March 25, 1876 |birth_place= Utica, New York | death_date = June 13, 1957 (aged 81) | death_place = Utica, New York |sport=Athletics |event= high jump |club= Penn Quakers, Philadelphia | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = Irving Knott Baxter (March 25, 1876 in Utica, New York – June 13, 1957 in Utica, New York) was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole vault at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France.

Biography

Baxter graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1899 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1901.

Baxter won the high jump title at the British 1900 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards, Baxter won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole jump at the 1900 Summer Olympics and took second place to Ray Ewry in all three of the standing jumps (long, triple, and high) in 1900.

Baxter won further British AAA Championship titles, winning the high jump and pole jump events at the 1901 AAA Championships.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Irving_Baxter,champion_olympique_de_saut_à_la_perche_en_1900(3m30).jpg" caption="Irving Baxter pole vaulting at the 1900 Summer Olympics"] ::

Baxter is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, New York.

References

References

1. "Irving Baxter". Olympedia.
2. (May 2022). "Irving Knott Baxter".
3. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists".
4. (9 July 1900). "The Amateur Athletic Association Championships". Sporting Life.
5. (8 July 1901). "The Amateur Championships". Huddersfield Daily Examiner.
6. [https://www.foresthillcemetery.org/test Forest Hill Cemetery, official website]

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