Alma Wilford Richards (February 20, 1890 – April 3, 1963) was an American athlete. He was the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games, in Stockholm, Sweden, …

Alma Richards, a lanky, unassuming Parowan, Utah, farm boy seemed an unlikely competitor in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Fellow athletes, while aboard a ship sailing to the …

Apr 15, 2025 · The Alma Richards Olympic story: From down and out to up and over April 15, 2025 02:56 PM MDT Utah is known as an Olympic state, but few know the first Olympic …

Alma Richards, BYH Class of 1913, won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 1912 Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden. His career as a stellar track and field star continued for more than a …

After the failure of the world record holder, George Horine, to clear 6-3¼ (1.91), Alma Richards and the German, Hans Liesche, battled it out for the 1912 Olympic high jumptitle. Richards …

Biography After the failure of the world record holder, George Horine, to clear 6-3¼ (1.91), Alma Richards and the German, Hans Liesche, battled it out for the 1912 Olympic high jump title. …

Alma Richards, born 20 February 1890 in Parowan, Utah, became the first Olympic champion from Utah. The ninth of ten children of Morgan and Margaret Adams Richards, Alma grew up …

Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story: Directed by T.C. Christensen. With Paul Wuthrich, Kenyon Stinger, Ali Durham, Nick Mathews. In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits …

Jan 28, 2022 · Alma Richards’s eyes hurt as he peered at the high jump bar. It was the third day of the 1912 Olympics. The sun over Stockholm’s new brown-brick stadium was unbearably …

Alma Wilford Richards (February 20, 1890 – April 3, 1963) was a high jumper and was famous for being the first resident of Utah to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, in 1912, in the …