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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 upsets because he was a virtual unknown ...
Former KU runner Bryce Hoppel sets American record, places 4th in 800 at Olympics ... Texas native who placed fifth in the 800 semifinals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, ... It was the fifth-best mark ...
Cockrell still clocked in with a 52.90 in her semifinal run, second in her heat and her second sub-53-second race in her career. This year’s U.S. Olympic Trials silver medalist in the 400-meter ...
St. Francis native Dakotah Lindwurm became the first Minnesotan to make the U.S. team for this summer's Paris Olympics, finishing third in the women's marathon Saturday at the Olympic trials in ...
James Francis Thorpe (Meskwaki: Wa-Tho-Huk, May 22 or 28, [2] 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.
Frank Pierce, first Native American to represent the United States at the Olympics in 1904 Ellison "Tarzan" Brown , Narragansett U.S. Olympian/marathon runner Wilson Charles , competed in the decathlon at the 1932 Olympics.
A template had been set and in the four Olympics that followed Athens, Americans won nine medals in the distance events. Now most of the world’s distance runners do high-low training at least ...
He was the first person of Native American descent to win the Boston Marathon, and one of only two Native Americans ever to win it (the other being Ellison Brown, a Narragansett). [20] A 46-cent first-class postage stamp honouring Longboat was issued by Canada Post on 17 February 2000. [21]