Daniel Frank (athlete)

Daniel Frank
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Gordon Frank
Born	January 4, 1882; Boston, Massachusetts
Died	March 20, 1965 (aged 83); New York, New York
Sport
Club	New West Side Athletic Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	long jump 7.3 meters; 23 ft. 11 in. (1904)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Daniel Gordon Frank (January 4, 1882 – March 20, 1965) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was Jewish.^[1]^[2]

1904 Olympic silver medal

He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the Long Jump where he won the silver medal.^[3] Frank, who competed as a member of the New West Side Athletic Club in New York City took second winning the silver medal with a leap of 6.89 meters or 22' 7 3/4". Frank finished second to fellow Jewish American, Myer Prinstein, who set the Olympic record with a jump of 24'1" or 7.34 meters. In recent prior competition, Prinstein had lost to Frank.^[4]

In the 1904 Olympics, Frank also competed in the 440 and 5 Mile run but did not medal.^[2]

New York AAU championships

In 1904, prior to the Olympics, Frank defeated Prinstein in the long jump at the New York AAU Championships with a personal best jump of 23'11-1/2".^[4]

Frank died on March 20, 1965, in New York.^[2]

References

^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Daniel Frank". Olympedia Website. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
^ "Daniel Frank". Olympedia. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Daniel Frank". Jewish Sports Website. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Frank". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.