Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2001)

Cornelius Warmerdam

American pole vaulter (1915–2001)

Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam was an American pole vaulter who held the world record between 1940 and 1957. He missed the Olympics due to World War II, and retired from senior competitions in 1944, though he continued to vault into his sixties. He was inducted into the…