Happy birthday today to an Olympic champion who was born on a Wednesday some 104 years ago today (Sunday) and died on a Wednesday almost 11 years ago.
This champion competed in two Olympic Games and won gold medals in both Games.
Our birthday athlete first won Olympic gold about 1,746 miles (2,800 km) from this person's place of birth.
You might be interested to know that this individual competed in three different events during those two Olympics.
The Olympic gold medals this person won came from the same event and the winning performance was the same at both Olympic Games.
Of course you can forget the hurdles when thinking about an event for our birthday star.
I will tell you that our birthday champion did not compete in the steeplechase, decathlon, any of the weight events, or the marathon at the Olympics.
A very famous American cowboy star and our birthday athlete have something in common.
Did I just give it away?
Please name this champion for this fourth Sunday of October.
This champion competed in two Olympic Games and won gold medals in both Games.
Our birthday athlete first won Olympic gold about 1,746 miles (2,800 km) from this person's place of birth.
You might be interested to know that this individual competed in three different events during those two Olympics.
The Olympic gold medals this person won came from the same event and the winning performance was the same at both Olympic Games.
Of course you can forget the hurdles when thinking about an event for our birthday star.
I will tell you that our birthday champion did not compete in the steeplechase, decathlon, any of the weight events, or the marathon at the Olympics.
A very famous American cowboy star and our birthday athlete have something in common.
Did I just give it away?
Please name this champion for this fourth Sunday of October.
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