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Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games.
Bob Mathias (born November 17, 1930, Tulare, California, U.S.—died September 2, 2006, Fresno, California) was an American athlete, the youngest to win a gold medal in the decathlon in Olympic competition. After his victory in 1948 at age 17, he returned to win a second Olympic gold medal in 1952.
Sep 3, 2006 · Bob Mathias, who won the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1948 at age 17, and again four years later, then later served four terms in Congress, died Saturday in Fresno, Calif. He...
Bob Mathias makes history by winning the decathlon at just 17! 2 min 29 July 1948 15:00 GMT-7. Athletics. Before 1948, Bob Mathias had never completed a decathlon. In fact, he'd never even started one.
Bob Mathias was the first athlete to win the gold medal in consecutive Olympic decathlons. The Tulare, California, native was a track and field star in multiple disciplines in high school, but didn’t try decathlon until 1948.
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Bob Mathias (born 1930) was the youngest person ever to win the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon, a feat he accomplished in 1948 at the age of 17. He was also the first person ever to win two Olympic decathlons.
Sep 2, 2006 · American decathlete Bob Mathias was the first of only two men (with Daley Thompson) to win successive Olympic decathlon titles. His first gold medal came in 1948 when, as a 17-year-old, he became the youngest-ever winner of an Olympic track & field event.
Biography. Bob Mathias was only 17 years old when his high school track coach suggested that he take up the decathlon. Less than three months later, he qualified for the U.S. Olympic team. The first repeat winner.
Sep 3, 2006 · Bob Mathias, a small-town wonder from the San Joaquin Valley farming community of Tulare who was an unknown teenager when he won the first of his two Olympic gold medals in the decathlon and...
Mathias became the youngest men's winner of a track and field event in the history of the Olympics in 1948 and four years later he became the first to win...
