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Dan O'Brien (American Football Coach)
Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlon, decathlete and Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, 1996, three consecutive IAAF World Championships in Athletics, world championships (1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, 1991, 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, 1993, 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon, 1995), and set the Decathlon world record progression, world record in 1992. Early life O'Brien was born in Portland, Oregon in 1966. He is of African American and Finland, Finnish heritage, and grew up as an adopted child in an Irish-American family in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Klamath Falls. He attended Henley High School (Klamath Falls, Oregon), Henley High School graduating in 1984. At the Oregon High School State Championships he led his team to a team runner-up finish with O'Brien scoring all po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous county in Oregon. Portland had a population of 652,503, making it the 26th-most populated city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous in the United States. About half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area. Named after Portland, Maine, the Oregon settlement began to be populated in the 1840s, near the end of the Oregon Trail. Its water access provided convenient transportation of goods, and the timber industry was a major force in the city's early economy. At the turn of the 20th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and pentathlon, albeit as non-championship events. There were a total number of 537 athletes participated from 93 countries. Results Men 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 * For doping offenses, the Bulgarians Daniel Ivanov and Nikolai Raev were disqualified from the bronze medals in long and triple jump respectively. Women 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 * The Russian 4 × 400 m relay team won the event and was awarded the gold medal, but was later disqualified when Marina Shmonina was found to have been doping. Non-championship events Some events were contested without counting towards the total medal status. The 1600 metres medley relay consisted of four legs ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
