Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883 in
Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin River divides the city into east and west. The city's suburbs include Schofield, Weston, Mosinee, Maine, Rib Mountain, Kronenwetter, an ...
– May 3, 1972 in
San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic
800 meters
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
final in the
1904 Summer Olympics in
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
.
Breitkreutz attended the
University of Southern California
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(USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. He graduated in 1906.
[History: The Era of the Founders (1880–1921)]
, University of Southern California, Accessed August 27, 2008.
Breitkreutz was also the first head
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
coach at USC.
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1883 births
1972 deaths
American male middle-distance runners
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
USC Trojans men's basketball coaches
USC Trojans men's track and field athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics
People from Wausau, Wisconsin
Track and field athletes from Wisconsin
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