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Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992.
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Broadcast: CBS, NBC, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, & more. Millions of Americans proudly watched Dan O’Brien win the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal to become the first American winner in the sport since 1976. As an Olympic Gold Medalist in the decathlon, Dan O’Brien is officially considered the “World’s Greatest Athlete,” and his name is synonymous ...
Dan O'Brien won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in Atlanta and was a three-time World Champion in the decathlon. He also broke the world record in 1992, but missed the Barcelona Games due to a pole vault failure.
Dan O'Brien is a former American decathlete who won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics and three World Championships. He also broke the world record in the decathlon in 1992 and was inducted into several Halls of Fame.
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Jun 24, 1996 · Dan O'Brien was the world champion and favorite for the decathlon gold in 1992, but he failed to qualify for the pole vault at the trials. Four years later, he came back to win the world championship and earn a spot in the Atlanta Games.
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Dan O'Brien - Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame. Inducted. 1997. Known in the 1990’s as “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” O’Brien was a track and field star at Idaho in 1989 when he earned All-America honors in the 55-meter hurdles with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. O’Brien’s specialty was the multi-events, though.
