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Al Oerter
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American athlete (1936-2007)
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Al Oerter was an American athlete whose professional career spanned from 1956 to 1980. Born on September 19, 1936, he passed away on October 1, 2007. His physical measurements were recorded as a height of 192 and a mass of 125.
He is associated with a personal website and has been referenced by 532 other encyclopedia articles. Crossref data indicates a works count of 5.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Firecrawl, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,832x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- Tissue-based map of the human proteome
· 2015 · cited 14,085x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,989x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,210x
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Key facts
- Full name
- Alfred Adolph Oerter Jr.
- Born
- ( 1936-09-19 ) September 19, 1936, Astoria, New York , U.S.
- Died
- October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) (aged 71), Fort Myers, Florida , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (192 cm)
- Weight
- 276 lb (125 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- Discus throw , shot put
- Club
- New York Athletic Club
- Personal best s
- DT – 69.47 m (1980), SP – 17.37 m (1958)
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Official website
Athlete | Win | Olympic | Records | Fans | Al Oerter
Al Oerter is the only athlete to win the same Olympic event four times in a row setting Olympic records each time. Family, friends & fans remember him as a man of integrity. Learn more.
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on June 12, 2015
Alfred Oerter Jr. (/ˈɔːrtər/; September 19, 1936 – October 1, 2007) was an American athlete and a four-time Olympic champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.
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