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Born July 25, 1940 • Memphis • Tennessee
Died September 26, 1993 (aged 53) • Santa Monica • California
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Cornelius Warmerdam
American athlete
Earle Meadows clears the bar to set an Olympic record at the 1936 Games in Berlin
Earle Meadows
American athlete
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Don Bragg
American athlete
Sergey Bubka
Sergey Bubka
Ukrainian athlete
Bob Richards
Bob Richards
American athlete
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Mary Decker
American athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens
American athlete
Jackie Joyner-Kersee in a red and white USA uniform throws a javelin during the heptathlon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, wearing bib number 578.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Michael Johnson smiles and holds an American flag behind him while celebrating on the track after setting a world record in the 200-meter race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Michael Johnson
American athlete
American high jumper Dick Fosbury
Dick Fosbury
American athlete
Olympic protests, 1968
Tommie Smith
American athlete
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John J. Flanagan
Irish-American athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
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Al Oerter
American athlete
Griffith Joyner, Florence
Florence Griffith Joyner
American sprinter
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Parry O’Brien
American athlete
Bobby Morrow
Bobby Morrow
American athlete
Lee Evans; Larry James
Lee Evans
American athlete

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