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Born February 15, 1895 • Prince Albert • Canada
Died April 19, 1971 (aged 76)
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athlete
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David Hemery
English athlete
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Chinese athlete
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Gail Devers
American athlete
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Lee Calhoun
American athlete
Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
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Paavo Yrjölä: The Farmhand
Finnish athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
Irina Press
Irina Press
Soviet athlete
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Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Charlie Paddock, who won two gold medals and a silver at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belg.
Charley Paddock
American athlete
Williams, Percy
Percy Williams
Canadian athlete
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Harrison Dillard
American athlete
Sally Pearson
Sally Pearson
Australian athlete
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American athlete
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David George Brownlow Cecil
British athlete
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John Walter Tewksbury
American athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner

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