Fred Hansen
Hansen in the 1960s | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Frederick Morgan Hansen | |||||||||||
| Born | December 29, 1940 (age 84) Cuero, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault, long jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Rice Owls, Houston | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | PV – 5.28 m (1964) LJ – 7.26 m (1961) | |||||||||||
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Frederick Morgan Hansen (born December 29, 1940) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.
A 1963 graduate of Rice University, he competed in the pole vault for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the gold medal. He held the world record in the pole vault for almost 2 years, first set as 5.23 m (17 ft 1+3⁄4 in) on June 13, 1964, and then improved to 5.28 m (17 ft 3+3⁄4 in) on July 25, 1964, at the USA vs USSR dual meet at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.