Walter Tewksbury
Runner
American track athlete who won five medals, including two gold, at the 1900 Olympic games in Paris.
Attending the University of Pennsylvania studying dentistry, he won the sprint events at the IC4A meets in 1898 and 1899.
His hurdling event in 1900 bore little resemblance to modern events: the hurdles were telephone poles laid over the ground, and the final hurdle consisted of a water barrier.
He was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania.
He attended UPenn at the same time and with the same major as fellow Olympian Alvin Kraenzlein .