Elbert Root

{{Short description|American diver (1915–1983)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Diving |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|7|20}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|7|15|1915|7|20}} | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|United States}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1936 Berlin | 10 m platform}} }}

'''Elbert Alonzo Root''' (July 20, 1915 – July 15, 1983) was an American diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform event.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/elbert-root-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/elbert-root-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Elbert Root Olympic Results |accessdate=13 May 2020}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Root, Elbert}} Category:1915 births Category:1983 deaths Category:Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving Category:American male divers Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Place of birth missing Category:Place of death missing