Waldemar Cierpinski
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Waldemar Cierpinski is a former East German athlete and two-time Olympic champion in the marathon.
Cierpinski in 1976
Cierpinski winning the marathon at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Frank Shorter
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Frank Charles Shorter is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. His Olympic success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s.
Shorter in 2002
Shorter (left) running 10,000 m at the 1972 Olympics, stamp of Umm al-Quwain