Oregon has produced a number of Athletes who have made it big. These include Steve Prefontaine, Ashton Eaton, Dick Fosbury, Galen Rupp, Mariel Zagunis and others.
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Birthdate: January 21, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Two-time Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton began his international career in 2008, winning his first international medal, a silver, at the 2011 World Championships. In the following year, he won two gold medals, one in Heptathlon at the World Indoor Championships and the other in Decathlon in London Olympic Games, defending his Olympic title four years later in Rio de Janeiro.
Birthdate: January 25, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: May 30, 1975
Long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine had competed in only one Olympic, finishing fourth in the 5000m race in Munich. However, he had begun breaking records since high school and excelled in cross-country running. His tragic death in a car accident after attending a party ended his life and his sports dreams.
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Galen Rupp(Long-distance runner, Athletics competitor)
Birthdate: May 8, 1986
Sun Sign: Taurus
While he had been a promising soccer player in school, Galen Rupp later discovered track and field and became one of the best long-distance runners of the U.S. He is a three-time Olympian and has two Olympic medals, a silver and a bronze, in his kitty.
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Birthdate: March 6, 1947
Sun Sign: Pisces
Dick Fosbury is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. Widely regarded as one of the most influential athletes in track and field history, Fosbury revolutionized the high jump with a new technique which came to be known as the Fosbury Flop. Dick Fosbury also won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics.
Birthdate: March 3, 1985
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthdate: November 15, 1950
Sun Sign: Scorpio