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Dan O'Brien
American decathlete
For other people named Dan O'Brien, see Dan O'Brien (disambiguation).
Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist.
Dan obrien biography
He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992.
Early life
O'Brien was born in Portland, Oregon in 1966. He is of African American and Finnish heritage,[3] and grew up as an adopted child in an Irish-American family in Klamath Falls.[4] He attended Henley High School graduating in 1984.
At the Oregon High School State Championships he led his team to a team runner-up finish with O'Brien scoring all points. He earned four individual gold medals winning the 110 meter high hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, long jump and 100 yard dash.[3] He then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, where he competed in track and field for the Vandals.[5] After initially flun