| 词条 | Charles Reidpath |
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| name = | image =Charles Reidpath.jpg | image_size = 190px | caption =Charles Reidpath at the 1912 Olympics | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = |birth_date = September 20, 1889 | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, United States | death_date =October 21, 1975 (aged 86) | death_place = Kenmore, New York, United States | height = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = | sport =Sprint running | club =NYAC, New York | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates ={{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}{{Medal|Country | the {{USA}} }}{{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games}}{{Medal|Gold|1912 Stockholm |400 metres}}{{Medal|Gold|1912 Stockholm |4×400 m relay}} }} Charles Decker Reidpath (September 20, 1889 – October 21, 1975) was an American track and field sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics, who later went on to have an outstanding military career. BiographyBorn in Buffalo, New York, and a graduate of that city's Lafayette High School, Reidpath became a collegiate track star at Syracuse University, winning the 220 yd (201 m) and 440 yd (402 m) dashes in the 1912 intercollegiate games. On graduating from Syracuse in 1912 with a degree in civil engineering, Reidpath was pressured by relatives to quit sports and take a position with the family business in Buffalo. Instead, he made the U.S. Olympic track team, and headed to Stockholm, Sweden. Reidpath won the 400 m in an Olympic record shattering time of 48.2 seconds, a mark also ratified as a world record. Running the anchor leg of the 4 × 400 m relay, Reidpath helped the U.S. team set a world record of 3:16.6. In the 200 metres competition he finished fifth. Reidpath was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army who served in England, France and Belgium in the Transportation Corps during World War II, winning battle stars for the Northern France and Rheinland campaigns. In Belgium he was made Officer of the Crown for his services at the vital port of Antwerp in 1944 and 1945. Reidpath was made a Brigadier General when he retired from the New York National Guard in 1948. He is a member of the Lafayette High School Sports Hall of fame. Away from sports and the military, Reidpath worked for the Berdencer construction company from 1912 through 1937, when he was named director of buildings for Buffalo. For 15 years he worked in the city department of public works, and in 1956 helped build the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Buffalo Branch as superintendent of construction for architects. He died in Kenmore, New York, in 1975. References{{Commons category}}
13 : 1889 births|1975 deaths|American male sprinters|Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)|Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics|Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field|Olympic track and field athletes of the United States|Syracuse Orange men's track and field athletes|American army personnel of World War II|United States Army generals|Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York|Track and field athletes from New York (state) |
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