Charles Dvorak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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US athletics competitor
Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1878
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 18-Dec-1969
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Charles Dvorak
- Charles Edward Dvorak (November 27, 1878 – December 18, 1969) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the pole vault.
- He attended the University of Michigan where he competed for the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team from 1900 to 1904.
- He participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics where he was a favorite in the pole vault.
- However, he missed the competition after being told by officials that the finals would not be held on a Sunday.
- He won a special silver medal in a consolation competition.
- In 1903, he set a world's record in the pole vault with a jump of 11 feet, 11 inches.
- Dvorak returned to international competition and won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1904 Summer Olympics.
- Dvorak later served as a high school football, basketball and track coach in Seattle, Washington, where he died in 1969 at age 91.
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