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Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001) was an American pole vaulter who held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He missed the Olympics due to World War II, and retired from senior competitions in 1944, though he continued to vault into his sixties.
Cornelius Warmerdam (born June 22, 1915, Long Beach, California, U.S.—died November 13, 2001, Fresno) American pole-vaulter, the first to attain 15 feet (4.57 metres) and the last to set major records with a bamboo pole. Warmerdam, who was of Dutch ancestry, began vaulting at age 12, using the limb of a peach tree.
Cornelius Warmerdam (Long Beach, 1915 - Fresno, 2001) Atleta estadounidense. Fue saltador de pértiga en la década de 1940, disciplina en la que ostentó el récord mundial durante quince años y ejerció la hegemonía sobre todos sus rivales de forma aplastante.
15 de nov. de 2001 · Cornelius (Dutch) Warmerdam, the greatest pole-vaulter in the era before fiberglass poles changed the sport and the first man to clear 15 feet, died Tuesday in Fresno, Calif. He was 86. He had...
15 de nov. de 2019 · Cornelius Warmerdam, who took the world record in the pole vault from the 4.54 metres set by his compatriots Bill Sefton and Earle Meadows to 4.77m in 1942 and, in indoor competition, from Meadows’ mark of 4.45m in 1941 to 4.79 metres in 1943, was one of the greatest pole vaulters of all time.
WARMERDAM, Cornelius Anthony ("Dutch") (b. 22 June 1915 in Long Beach, California; d. 13 November 2001 in Fresno, California), the first pole-vaulter in history to vault fifteen feet, he held the world's records for both indoor and outdoor pole vaulting for over fifteen years.
15 de nov. de 2001 · Cornelius “Dutch” Warmerdam, the most dominant pole vaulter in history, has died. He was 86. Warmerdam, the first man to clear 15 feet in the pole vault, died Tuesday at Willow Creek Nursing...
