Ken Wiesner | |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1925 |
Birth Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Minocqua, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | High jump |
Pb: | 2.10 m (1953i)[2] |
Height: | 192 cm |
Weight: | 91 kg |
Club: | U.S. Navy |
Show-Medals: | y |
Kenneth George Wiesner (February 17, 1925 – March 20, 2019) was an American high jumper who won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. Wiesner attended Marquette University, where he was a three-time NCAA high jump champion.[3] After the 1946 season he retired and became a dentist at U.S. Navy. He returned to compete at the 1952 Olympics, and in 1953 broke the world indoor record three times.[4]