- Marc Wright
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"Marcus Wright" is also the name of a character in Terminator Salvation.
Medal record 
Wright at the 1912 Summer OlympicsMen’s athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Silver 1912 Stockholm Pole vault Marc Wright (Marcus Snowell Wright; April 21, 1890 – August 5, 1975) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.
He was born in Chicago and died in Reading, Massachusetts.
Wright competed for a United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the pole vault where he won the silver medal with a clearance of 3.85 m behind the 3.95 m of winner Harry Babcock.
Wright graduated from Dartmouth College in 1913.[1]
References
- ^ "Men's Track & Field Olympians". Big Green Sports. http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=48808&SPID=4706&DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=588599. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
Records Preceded by
IncumbentMen's Pole Vault World Record Holder
June 8, 1912 – August 20, 1920Succeeded by
Frank FossCategories:- American pole vaulters
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- 1890 births
- 1975 deaths
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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