Steve Prefontaine
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title:
Steve Prefontaine
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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine was a US-American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death in 1975. Prefontaine's career, alongside those of Jim Ryun, Frank Shorter, and Bill Rodgers, generated considerable media coverage, which helped inspire the 1970s "running boom". He was killed in an automobi
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American long-distance runner (1951–1975)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine
date created:
2004-06-10T14:25:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T17:18:29Z
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