Abel Kiviat
Abel Kiviat · Sports
Athletics; 1500m world record holder and Olympic silver medalist (Stockholm 1912)
1892, New York City, United States — 1991, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States
United States
Abel Kiviat is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Athletics; 1500m world record holder and Olympic silver medalist (Stockholm 1912)
Abel Kiviat was an American middle-distance runner who set a world record in the 1500 metres in 1912 and won the Olympic silver medal in that event at the Stockholm 1912 Games. The son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, he became one of the earliest Jewish-American Olympic stars and lived to 99. He is enshrined in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Athletics; 1500m world record holder and Olympic silver medalist (Stockholm 1912)
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
