# John Thomas

> John Curtis Thomas was an American track and field athlete who set several world records in the high jump using the straddle technique. As a youth, he earned the Eagle Scout award. At the age of 17, while a freshman at Boston University, Thomas became the first man to clear 7 feet (2.1 m) indoors. He subsequently pushed the world indoor record to 7 ft 1+1⁄2 in (2.172 m), and broke the world outdoor record three times, with a career best jump of 7 ft 3+3⁄4 in (2.229 m) in 1960, at the age of 19.

*American high jumper (1941-2013)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-thomas-q534015

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941-03-03
- **Died:** 2013-01-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.5
- **Momentum:** 2.7

## Sources
- [约翰·托马斯](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E6%89%98%E9%A9%AC%E6%96%AF)
- [جون توماس (منافس ألعاب قوى)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89))
- [جون توماس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [John Thomas (Leichtathlet)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(Leichtathlet))
- [John Thomas (athlete)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(athlete))
- [John Thomas (atleta)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(atleta))
- [John Thomas (kõrgushüppaja)](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(k%C3%B5rgush%C3%BCppaja))
- [جان توماس (ورزشکار)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1))
- [John Thomas (yleisurheilija)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(yleisurheilija))
- [John Thomas (athlétisme)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(athl%C3%A9tisme))
- [John Thomas (atleta)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(atleta))
- [ジョン・トーマス (陸上選手)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9_(%E9%99%B8%E4%B8%8A%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B))
- [John Thomas](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas)
- [John Thomas](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas)
- [John Thomas](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas)
- [John Thomas (lekkoatleta)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(lekkoatleta))
- [Томас, Джон Кёртис](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [John Thomas (friidrottare)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thomas_(friidrottare))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q534015)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/john-thomas-q534015