Birth Date: | November 20, 1898 |
Birth Place: | Salisbury, Connecticut, United States |
Death Date: | June 13, 1971 (aged 72) |
Death Place: | Lynbrook, New York, United States |
Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | High jump |
Club: | NYAC, New York |
Pb: | 1.98 m (1921) |
Alma Mater: | Yale University |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 - June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
Landon attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Yale University. In 1922 he married Alice Lord, an Olympic diver he met on the boat to the 1920 Olympics.[1]
Richmond Landon was a guest on the television show "I've Got A Secret" as one of five former Olympic champions which aired October 13, 1954.