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Jim Thorpe. James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; [ 2] May 22 or 28, [ 3] 1887 – March 28, 1953) [ 4] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.
Olympic Games. 1964 Tokyo. 10,000 m. William Mervin Mills (born June 30, 1938), also known by his Oglala Lakota name Tamakhóčhe Theȟíla, is an American Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 metre run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic ...
Louis Tewanima (1888 – January 18, 1969), also known as Tsökahovi Tewanima and Lewis Tewanima, [ 1] was an American two-time Olympic distance runner and silver medalist in the 10,000 meter run in 1912. [ 2] He was a Hopi Indian and ran for the Carlisle Indian School where he was a teammate of Jim Thorpe. His silver medal in 1912 remained the ...
66 kg (146 lb) Sport. Sport. Running. Event. Long-distance. Club. Brantford. Thomas Charles Longboat (4 July 1886 – 9 January 1949, Iroquois name: Cogwagee) [ 1] was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner.
Olympic Games. 1952 Helsinki. Javelin throw. William Preston Miller (February 22, 1930 – October 27, 2016) was an American athlete who competed in the javelin throw for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the silver medal with a throw of 72.46 meters. Miller was born in Lawnside, New Jersey.
Cole Hocker set a new Olympic record this year. Hocker broke the U.S. Olympic Trials record in the 1,500m in June and during the 1500m final on Tuesday, running 3:27.65 to set a new Olympic record ...
On June 24, the six-time NCAA champion at Missouri ran a season-best time of 14:45.12 minutes to secure third place in the women's 5,000m at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.
Kassanavoid set her personal best of 78.00 m (255 ft 10 in) on April 30, 2022, in Tucson, Arizona. [1] [2] On July 17, 2022, at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Kassanavoid won the bronze medal with a distance of 74.86 m. [3] She is Native American—a member of the Comanche Nation —making her the first Native ...