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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine [1] (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. [2] [3] He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, [4] and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death ...
Prefontaine is a 1997 American biographical film chronicling the life of the American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his death at age 24. Jared Leto plays the title character and R. Lee Ermey plays Bill Bowerman. The film was written by Steve James and Eugene Corr, and directed by James.
Pre's Rock, a memorial to Steve Prefontaine who died after finishing 4th in the 1972 Olympic 5000 m Memorial to Bronisław Malinowski, who died one year after winning an Olympic gold medal Plaque commemorating Ryan Shay, who died while running the 2008 United States Olympic trials marathon. A number of athletics competitors have died during ...
The film follows the life of Shorter's contemporary, training partner, Olympic teammate and sometime rival, Steve Prefontaine. [19] Shorter was the next to last person to see Prefontaine alive before he died in an automobile accident.
Prefontaine was a star athlete from Coos Bay who ran for the University of Oregon and later competed in the Olympics in the 1970s. He died in an automobile accident in Eugene on May 30, 1975, at ...
Without Limits is a 1998 American biographical sports film.It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, Inc. Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman.
Blaine Newnham got an exclusive interview with Steve Prefontaine after he’d finished fourth in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Blaine Newnham, former Register-Guard sports ...
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman ...