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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 ...
News. Shopping. Main Menu. Health. Health. Fitness. ... have held sacred meaning for more than a dozen Native American tribes. ... who coached distance runners for the U.S. Olympic team, to push ...
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.
A runner from Kenya has won gold in the 800 in five consecutive Olympic Games. Hoppel completed an amazing season in which he placed first in the 800 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in a meet record ...
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 ...
Yared Nuguse (/ ˈ j ɑːr ɪ d n ə ˈ ɡ uː s / YAR-id nə-GOOSS; born June 1, 1999) [2] [3] is an American professional middle-distance runner.A 1500 meter specialist, he was the 2019 NCAA Division I champion in the event and bronze medalist from the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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.
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 ...