Dan O'Brien
O'Brien in 2009
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| Full name | Daniel Dion O'Brien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July 18, 1966 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | danobrien.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track & Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Idaho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mike Keller (UI), Rick Sloan (WSU) |
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Medal record
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Daniel Dion "Dan" O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992.
Of African American and Finnish heritage, O'Brien was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up as an adopted child in an Irish-American family in Klamath Falls. He graduated from Henley High School in 1984 and then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, where he competed in track and field for the Vandals.
After initially flunking out of the university and then incurring legal difficulties, O'Brien attended Spokane Falls Community College, a community college in Spokane, Washington in 1988. He returned to the UI to compete for the Vandal track team and complete his bachelor's degree.
O'Brien trained for his Olympic and world championships on the Palouse under Idaho's track coach Mike Keller, and Rick Sloan of Washington State in neighboring Pullman for the field events.
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