Meyer Prinstein, unique title Mejer Prinsztejn, (born Dec. 22, 1878, Szczuczyn, Pol.—died March 10, 1925, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American jumper who received three gold medals in Olympic competitors within the early twentieth century.
As a scholar at Syracuse University, Prinstein set a world file within the lengthy soar, 7.24 metres (23 ft 8.875 inches), in 1898. He completed second within the lengthy soar to his nice rival, Alvin Kraenzlein, in an intercollegiate meet the subsequent 12 months, then beat Kraenzlein in 1900 with one other world-record leap, this time of seven.51 metres (24 ft 7.25 inches). At the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, he simply defeated Kraenzlein in an early spherical of the lengthy soar. Although Prinstein was Jewish, Syracuse wouldn't enable him to compete within the finals on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath. Kraenzlein, nevertheless, did compete and, with the benefit of six additional jumps, beat Prinstein’s greatest soar by 1 cm; Prinstein needed to accept a silver medal.
Prinstein returned to competitors the subsequent day, profitable the triple soar. He once more received the triple soar within the 1904 St. Louis (Missouri) Olympics, the place he additionally received the gold medal within the lengthy soar. The Amateur Athletic Union long-jump champion in 1898, 1902, and 1906, Prinstein received a gold medal for his lengthy soar on the 1906 “Intercalated” Games in Athens.