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{{short description|American athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Frank Jarvis
|image=[[File:JarvisFrank 1900.jpg|150px]]
|caption=
|birth_date= August 31, 1878
|birth_place= [[California, Pennsylvania]], USA
| death_date = June 2, 1933 (aged 54)
| death_place = [[Sewickley, Pennsylvania]], USA
|sport=Athletics
|event= Sprints
|club= 	Princeton Tigers
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]]}}
}}

'''Frank Washington Jarvis''' (August 31, 1878 in [[California, Pennsylvania]] – June 2, 1933 in [[Sewickley, Pennsylvania]]) was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78599 |title=Frank Jarvis |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> and a [[triple jump]]er.

== Biography ==
Jarvis, an [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] champion in the 100 yard race, was among the pre-race favorites for the 100 m at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, but the hot favorite was American [[Arthur Duffey]], who had just beaten Jarvis at the British [[AAA Championships]] in the 100 yard event at the [[1900 AAA Championships]] prior to the Games.<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>

In the heats, however, Jarvis and another American, [[Walter Tewksbury]], posted times of 10.8, equaling the world record. All three Americans qualified for the final, complemented by [[Stan Rowley]] of Australia. After a close first half of the final race, the leader, Duffey, pulled a muscle, fell, and retired from the race, and Jarvis won.

At the same Olympics, Jarvis also competed in the triple jump and the standing triple jump (with no run-up), but did not achieve top classifications.

After his running career, Jarvis became a lawyer.

==See also==
*[[List of Princeton University Olympians]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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