Al Feuerbach
| File:Al Feuerbach 1974b.jpg Feuerbach in 1974 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Allan Dean Feuerbach January 14, 1948 Preston, Iowa, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Shot put, discus throw |
| Club | Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | SP – 21.82 m (1973) DT – 54.30 m (1970) |
Medal record | |
Allan "Al" Dean Feuerbach (born January 14, 1948) is a former American track and field athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He missed the 1980 Games due to the boycott by the United States. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the athletes.[1]
On May 5, 1973, he broke Randy Matson's seven-year-old world record in the shot put by throwing 21.82 meters (71' 7") at the San Jose Invitational at San Jose State College.[2] Just weeks later, competing in a different sport, olympic-style weight lifting, he finished first in the heavyweight division at the U.S. weightlifting championships. Feuerbach currently works as a freelance audio technologist.
He was a four time American champion in the shot put,[3] plus he added three indoor championships[4] and won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1974 AAA Championships.[5][6][7]
In 2016, he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[8]
He later became a sound engineer, working with CNBC.[9]
References
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- ^ USA Track & Field – USA Indoor Track & Field Champions. Usatf.org. Retrieved on July 17, 2015.
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External links
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- Allan Dean Feuerbach at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Al Feuerbach at Olympic.org (archived)
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- USA Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived October 6, 2007)
- Kansas Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived May 14, 2009)
- Mt. SAC Relays Profile Archived September 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- Feuerbach at the 1976 US. Olympic Trials Video on YouTube @ 27:40
- Al Feuerbach at IMDb
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- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1948 births
- Living people
- American men shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- People from Preston, Iowa
- Track and field athletes from San Jose, California
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American shot putter stubs