Born in 1885, took part in the 1912 Olympic Games along side his brother, Benjamin Adams, representing the United States. He won the gold metal in the high jump and the silver in the long jump. In the 1912 Olympics the three metals for the events of long jump and high jump were split between the same three people. Those three people were Platt Adams, his brother and the Greek, Constantine Tsiklitiras. Adams passed away in 1961. |