The Connollystraße is a street in the Olympic Village and student quarter of the Olympic Park Munich .
34-581: The street was named in 1971 after James Brendan Connolly , the first Olympic champion of the modern era (1896). It leads from the Helene-Mayer-Ring to the Kusocinskidamm to Straßbergerstraße. The road is accessible on the surface for pedestrians and cyclists, and underground for motorists. Access is via the Lerchenauer Straße . The sculpture "Olympic Rings" from 1972 by Ruth Kiener flame, with
68-718: A clerk with an insurance company in Boston and later with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Georgia . His predisposition to sport also became apparent. Calling a special meeting of the Catholic Library Association (CLA) of Savannah in 1891, he was instrumental in forming a football team. Soon thereafter, Connolly was elected captain of the CLA Cycling Club and aggressively sought to promote
102-450: A full hitch kick, and mostly used is a hang or sail technique. When landing in the sand-filled pit, the jumper should aim to avoid sitting back on landing or placing either hand behind the feet. The sandpit usually begins 13m from the take-off board for male international competition or 11m from the board for international female and club-level male competition. Each phase of the triple jump should get progressively higher, and there should be
136-668: A guest house. 200 meters south is the memorial place of the Olympia attack . North of the Connollystraße is the Nadisee , in the west the Central University Sports Center . James Brendan Connolly James Brendan Bennet Connolly ( Irish : Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile , October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic champion. Connolly
170-462: A pursuit against the robber. Finally he took the train to Athens, arriving there just in time for the Games. The first final on the opening day was the triple jump (then known as the hop, skip and jump ), one of the events in which Connolly competed. Connolly's style, taking two hops with the right foot, is no longer allowed in this event but was perfectly acceptable in 1896. With this style, he outjumped
204-472: A quick transition into the jump phase. The athlete tries to take the farthest step they can while maintaining balance and control, using techniques such as pulling their leg up as high as possible. The step landing forms the take-off of the final phase (the jump), where the athlete utilizes the backward force from the left leg to take off again. The jump phase is very similar to the long jump although most athletes have lost too much speed by this time to manage
238-400: A reapplication to the college. Connolly then claimed to have replied: I am not resigning and I'm not making application to re-enter. I'm getting through with Harvard right now. Good day! It is unclear whether this really happened. Harvard records do show a request by Connolly for a leave of absence to Europe, which was denied. Connolly then requested an honorable withdrawal as a student, which
272-410: A regular rhythm to the three landings. A "foul", also known as a "scratch", or missed jump, occurs when a jumper oversteps the takeoff mark, misses the pit entirely, does not use the correct foot sequence throughout the phases, or does not perform the attempt in the allotted amount of time (usually about 90 seconds). When a jumper "scratches", the seated official will raise a red flag, and the jumper who
306-405: Is Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela , with a jump of 15.74 m ( 51 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). Historical sources on the ancient Olympic Games occasionally mention jumps of 15 metres or more. This led sports historians to conclude that these must have been a series of jumps, thus providing the basis for the triple jump. However, there is no evidence for the triple jump being included in
340-409: Is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 17.75 m). Only the best-assisted mark that is superior to the legal best is shown: Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances: Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted jumps (equal or superior to 15.02 m). Only
374-454: Is one of the most important parts of an athlete's jump. The athlete sprints down a runway to a takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured. The takeoff mark is commonly either a piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships, a strip of plasticine , tape, or modeling clay is attached to the far edge of the board to record athletes overstepping or "scratching"
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#1732884469273408-800: The National Institute of Arts and Letters . Connolly died in New York City at the age of 88. A collection of items related to Connolly, including his triple jump silver medal, is housed in the library of Colby College in Maine . Connolly was a crew member of the victorious schooner Esperanto in 1920, during the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia . He wrote of this in Collier's Weekly on December 25, 1920, and in The Book of
442-507: The high jump (1.65 m; 5 ft 5 in) tying with Robert Garrett behind Ellery Clark , and third place in the long jump (5.84 m; 19 ft 2 in). Back home in Boston, Connolly was welcomed enthusiastically, and was presented a gold watch by the citizens of South Boston. Connolly competed at the 1906 Olympics in the Triple Jump and Long Jump. Connolly would also visit
476-411: The hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump , is a track and field event, similar to long jump . As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit. The triple jump was inspired by accounts of lengthy jumps at the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympics event since
510-512: The second edition of the modern Olympics , held in Paris . There, he failed to retain his title in the triple jump, losing to compatriot Meyer Prinstein . In the 1984 NBC miniseries The First Olympics: Athens 1896 , he was portrayed by David Caruso . Contrary to what is portrayed in the film, Connolly did not emigrate to America from Ireland. Connollystraße , in Munich is named in his honour and
544-415: The "hop" phase, the "bound" or "step" phase, and the "jump" phase. They all play an important role in the jump itself. These three phases are executed in one continuous sequence. The athlete has to maintain a good speed through each phase. They should also try to stay consistent to avoid fouls. The hop begins with the athlete jumping from the take-off board on one leg, which for descriptive purposes, will be
578-493: The Games' inception in 1896. According to World Athletics rules, "the hop shall be made so that an athlete lands first on the same foot as that from which he has taken off; in the step he shall land on the other foot, from which, subsequently, the jump is performed." The male world record holder is Jonathan Edwards of the United Kingdom, with a jump of 18.29 m (60 ft 0 in). The female world record holder
612-633: The Gloucester Fishermen , published in 1927. In 1912, Connolly was the Progressive nominee for Congress from South Boston and Dorchester. He was defeated by incumbent Congressman James Michael Curley . When Curley resigned to become Mayor of Boston in 1914, Connolly ran again in the special election to replace him, but finished third behind James A. Gallivan and Republican Frank Brier. he died in 1957 at 88. Connolly's novels include Triple jump The triple jump , sometimes referred to as
646-451: The ancient Olympic Games, and the recorded extraordinary distances may be due to the artistic license of the authors of victory poems, rather than attempts to report accurate results. The triple jump was a part of the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, although at the time it consisted of two hops on the same foot and then a jump. The first modern Olympic champion, James Connolly ,
680-554: The field, finishing more than one meter ahead of his nearest opponent by jumping 13.71 m (45 ft 0 in) 11 3/4 in), earning him the first silver medal (gold medals did not yet exist). With this performance, he became the first Olympic champion since AD 385, when the Athenian Zopyrus won the pankration (other sources name the Armenian Varasdates , who won at boxing in 369). He went on to take second place in
714-678: The first modern edition of the Olympic Games were scheduled for April 6 to 15, 1896 in Athens , Greece . Connolly decided to participate, and submitted a request for a leave of absence to the Chairman of the Harvard University Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports and was denied. According to Connolly himself, he was informed that his only course of action would be to resign and make
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#1732884469273748-419: The knee of the leading left leg and then immediately beginning a powerful backward motion of the whole left leg, again landing on the runway with a powerful backward pawing action. The takeoff leg should be fully extended with the drive leg thigh just below parallel to the ground. The takeoff leg stays extended behind the body with the heel held high. The drive leg extends with a flexed ankle and snaps downward for
782-407: The mark, defined by the trailing edge of the board. These boards are placed at different places on the runway depending on how far the athlete can jump. Typically the boards are set 40 ft, 32 ft, and 24 ft from the pit. These are the most common boards seen at the high school and collegiate levels, but boards can be placed anywhere on the runway. There are three phases of the triple jump:
816-598: The new version from 2000 by Peter Schwenk, is found here. In Connollystraße 20, is the "Theater Unterwegs". Connollystraße 31 was the ground-floor, left-side apartment where the Israeli Olympic team was taken hostage during the 1972 Summer Olympics . Following the Olympic Games, initial designs were in discussion to make it a "House of peace", but the building was given to the Max Planck Society , which uses it as
850-412: The right leg. Precise placement of the foot on the take-off is important for the athlete to avoid a foul. The objective of the first phase is to hop out , with athletes focusing all momentum forward. The hop landing phase is very active, involving a powerful backward "pawing" action of the right leg, with the right take-off foot landing heel first on the runway. The hop landing also marks the beginning of
884-613: The sport on behalf of the Savannah Wheelmen. Altogether dissatisfied with his career path, Connolly sought to regain the lost years of high school through self-education. In October 1895, he sat for the entrance examination to the Lawrence Scientific School and was unconditionally accepted to study the classics at Harvard University . After the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894
918-472: The step phase, where the athlete utilizes the backward momentum of the right leg to immediately execute a powerful jump forward and upwards, the left leg assisting the take-off with a hip flexion thrust similar to a bounding motion. This leads to the step-phase mid-air position, with the right take-off leg trailing flexed at the knee, and the left leg now leading flexed at the hip and knee. The jumper then holds this position for as long as possible, before extending
952-429: The twelve jumps made by two leading competitors (from Brazil and Australia) thus helping two Soviet jumpers win the gold and silver medals. Note: results cannot count towards records if they are wind-assisted (>2.0 m/s ). Jumps made en route to final marks that would be top 25 performances: Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below
986-517: The world. In all, he published more than 200 short stories, and 25 novels . Furthermore, he twice ran for Congress of the United States on the ticket of the Progressive Party , but was never elected. He never returned to Harvard, but received an honorary athletic sweater in 1948. A year later, he was offered an honorary doctorate by Harvard University, which he turned down. He was a member of
1020-530: Was "on deck", or up next, prepares to jump. It shall not be considered a foul if an athlete while jumping, should touch or scrape the ground with his/her "sleeping leg". Also called a "scrape foul", "sleeping leg" touch violations were ruled as fouls before the mid-1980s. The IAAF changed the rules following outrage at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when Soviet field officials in the Men's Triple Jump ruled as foul eight of
1054-852: Was a key location in the events surrounding the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics . The 1904 Summer Olympics were also attended by Connolly, but as a journalist, not as an athlete. Earlier, he had already published his accounts of the Spanish–American War in the Boston Globe as Letters from the Front in Cuba . He served there in the Irish 9th Infantry of Massachusetts. Connolly became an authority on maritime writing, after spending years on many different vessels, fishing boats, military ships all over
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1088-520: Was a triple jumper. Early Olympics also included the standing triple jump , although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today. The women's triple jump was introduced into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump) was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC. The approach
1122-652: Was born to poor Irish immigrants from the Aran Islands , fisherman John Connolly and Ann O'Donnell, as one of twelve children, in South Boston, Massachusetts . Growing up at a time when the parks and playground movement in Boston was slowly developing, Connolly joined other boys in the streets and vacant lots to run, jump, and play ball. He was educated at Notre Dame Academy and then at the Mather and Lawrence grammar school, but never went to high school. Instead, Connolly worked as
1156-576: Was granted on March 19, 1896. Representing the Suffolk Athletic Club , which paid for most of Connolly's expenses (Connolly later claimed he paid it all himself), he left for Greece on a German freighter, the Barbarossa , along with most of the rest of the first American Olympic team. After arriving in Naples , Italy he was robbed and almost lost his ticket to Athens. He managed to retrieve it only after
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