Thomas Lewis Gage (May 16, 1943 – July 15, 2010) was an American

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from

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. Gage graduated from

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in 1965. During the late 1960s to the early 1970s he was in the top 10 among American hammer throwers for 10 years including achieving number 1 in 1972. He won the gold medal at the

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, Canada and was a finalist in the 1972 Olympics in

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, ultimately finishing 12th. His personal best was 71.17, set in 1971.

Masters

He continued to throw the hammer and weight implements through the various Masters age groups, setting the M60 World Record in 2004. He also held the M50 age group world record for 9 years before it was surpassed by another former Olympian

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. He was a 2001 inductee into the Masters division of the

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. The

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hosts the Tom Gage Classic named in his honor.http://www.tfrrs.org/results/15929.html Tom Gage Classic results

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* 1943 births 2010 deaths American male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Cornell University alumni World record setters in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Billings, Montana World record holders in masters athletics American masters athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics {{US-hammerthrow-athletics-bio-stub