James Connolly

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Olympic athlete athlete human scholar track and field athlete writer

James Connolly was an American athlete and scholar best known as the first Olympic champion of the modern era, winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athlete → athlete → human → scholar → track and field athlete → writer →
competedIn	high jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics → long jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics → triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics →
competitionClass	1896 Summer Olympics →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1868-10-28 →
dateOfDeath	1957-01-20 →
educatedAt	Harvard University →
ethnicGroup	Irish American →
event	high jump → long jump → triple jump →
familyName	Connolly →
genre	fiction → non-fiction → sports writing →
givenName	James →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
medal	gold medal in triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics →
memberOfSportsTeam	United States Olympic team →
notableFor	being the first Olympic champion of the modern era → winning the triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics →
notableWork	Out of Gloucester → The Deep Sea's Toll → The Olympic Games: Being a Short History of the Olympic Movement from 1896 to 1906 →
occupation	author → essayist → journalist →
placeOfBirth	Boston → Massachusetts → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Brookline → Massachusetts → United States of America →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	athletics → track and field →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1896 Summer Olympics →	hasAthlete