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{{Short description|American athlete (1876–1957)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Irving Baxter
|image=[[File:Irving baxter.jpg|150px]]
|caption=
|birth_date= March 25, 1876 
|birth_place= [[Utica, New York]]
| death_date = June 13, 1957 (aged 81)
| death_place = Utica, New York 
|sport=Athletics
|event= high jump
|club= Penn Quakers, Philadelphia
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump|High jump]]}} 
{{MedalGold| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Pole vault]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump|Standing high jump]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump|Standing long jump]]}} 
{{MedalSilver| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing triple jump|Standing triple jump]]}} 
}}
'''Irving Knott Baxter''' (March 25, 1876 in [[Utica, New York]] – June 13, 1957 in Utica, New York) was an American [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]], who won the [[gold medal]] in both the men's [[high jump]] and the [[pole vault]] at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]], in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78090 |title=Irving Baxter |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 December 2020}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Baxter graduated from [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]] in Hartford, CT in 1899 and the [[University of Pennsylvania School of Law]] in 1901.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/irving-knott-baxter |title= Irving Knott Baxter|website=archives.upenn.edu |access-date=August 5, 2021}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> 

Baxter won the high jump title at the British [[1900 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19000709/019/0001 |title=The Amateur Athletic Association Championships  |work=Sporting Life |date=9 July 1900 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 July 2024}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, Baxter won the gold medal in both the men's high jump and the pole jump at the 1900 Summer Olympics and took second place to [[Ray Ewry]] in all three of the standing jumps ([[Long jump|long]], [[Triple jump|triple]], and high) in 1900.

Baxter won further British AAA Championship titles, winning the high jump and pole jump events at the [[1901 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19010708/059/0003 |title=The Amateur Championships  |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=8 July 1901 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Irving Baxter, champion olympique de saut à la perche en 1900 (3m30).jpg|thumb|Irving Baxter pole vaulting at the 1900 Summer Olympics]]
Baxter is buried at [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Utica, New York)|Forest Hill Cemetery]] in Utica, New York.<ref>[https://www.foresthillcemetery.org/test Forest Hill Cemetery, official website]</ref>

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[[Category:American male high jumpers]]
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[[Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni]]
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