Happy birthday today (Tuesday) to an Olympic champion who shares the same initials with three other Olympic champions which we will can "X", "Y", and "Z".
Our birthday athlete was born 91 years ago today and won the Olympic gold medal on the same continent on which this person was born.
No hurdles came with this individual's Olympic gold medal.
Athlete "X" won three Olympic gold medals at two Olympic Games. The first two of those gold medals were won about 36 years before our birthday champion won Olympic gold.
"Y" represented the same country as our birthday athlete and won Olympic gold (in a similar event) 20 years after our birthday person won the Olympic gold medal.
You may remember when "Z" won Olympic gold about 36 years after our birthday champion won the gold medal.
All three ("X", "Y", and "Z") were born in Europe.
Of these three, only "X" won Olympic gold using hurdles and only "Y" won Olympic gold in a field event.
About 22 years after our birthday person won that gold medal, this champion died at the age of 51 years.
Put these clues together and then name our birthday athlete on this first Tuesday of May.
Our birthday athlete was born 91 years ago today and won the Olympic gold medal on the same continent on which this person was born.
No hurdles came with this individual's Olympic gold medal.
Athlete "X" won three Olympic gold medals at two Olympic Games. The first two of those gold medals were won about 36 years before our birthday champion won Olympic gold.
"Y" represented the same country as our birthday athlete and won Olympic gold (in a similar event) 20 years after our birthday person won the Olympic gold medal.
You may remember when "Z" won Olympic gold about 36 years after our birthday champion won the gold medal.
All three ("X", "Y", and "Z") were born in Europe.
Of these three, only "X" won Olympic gold using hurdles and only "Y" won Olympic gold in a field event.
About 22 years after our birthday person won that gold medal, this champion died at the age of 51 years.
Put these clues together and then name our birthday athlete on this first Tuesday of May.
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