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 succes
Shorter in 2002
Shorter (left) running 10,000 m at the 1972 Olympics, stamp of Umm al-Quwain
Steve Prefontaine
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Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olymp
Frank Shorter
…Sisto, in the 1998 film Without Limits. The film follows the life of Shorter's contemporary, training partner, Olympic teammate and sometime rival, Steve Prefontaine. Shorter was the next to last person to see Prefontaine alive before he died in an automobile accident. Shorter was inducted into the United States…
Prefontaine running race in 1973
Prefontaine at Oregon
Prefontaine signing a child's arm, c. 1975.
Pre's Rock in 2007