Richmond Landon
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| Intro | Athletics competitor | |
| A.K.A. | Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon | |
| A.K.A. | Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Athlete | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 20 November 1898, Salisbury | |
| Death | 13 June 1971Lynbrook (aged 72 years) |
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Richmond Wilcox "Dick" Landon (November 20, 1898 – June 13, 1971) was an American high jumper who won a gold medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Landon attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Yale University. In 1922 he married Alice Lord, an Olympic diver he met on the boat to the 1920 Olympics.