Name: Sam Kendricks

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): Pole Vault

Height: 6-1

DOB: 9/7/1992

Birthplace: Oceanside, Calif.

Hometown: Oxford, Miss.

High School: Oxford High School (Oxford, Miss.) ‘11

College: University of Mississippi

Olympic Experience

• One-time Olympian (2016); one-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, bronze (pole vault)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – gold (pole vault)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2015, 2017, 2019; Indoor – 2016, 2018
• Medals: 4 (2 golds, 2 silvers)
• Gold – 2019 (pole vault); 2017 (pole vault)
• Silver – 2018 (pole vault); 2016 (pole vault)

Personal: Son of Scott and Marni Kendricks...Has a twin brother, Tom...His father, Scott, is also one of his coaches...Two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the pole vault (2013, 2014)...Semifinalist for the 2013 Bowerman Award...U.S. Army reserve.

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