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Frank Shorter

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American long-distance runner

United StatesAthletesBorn 1947 · age 78
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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.

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Shorter (left) running 10,000 m at the 1972 Olympics, stamp of Umm al-QuwainShorter (left) running 10,000 m at the 1972 Olympics, stamp of Umm al-Quwain

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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 success, along with the achievements of other American runners, is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States during the 1970s.

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United States
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Born 1947 · age 78
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