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| Full name | Alvin Christian Kraenzlein | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 12, 1876 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 6, 1928 (aged 51) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Athletics competitor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein (December 12, 1876 – January 6, 1928) was an American track-and-field athlete known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique".[1] He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.[2] As of 2016[update], Alvin Kraenzlein is the only track-and-field athlete who has won four individual titles at one Olympics.[3] Kraenzlein is also known for developing a pioneering technique of straight-leg hurdling, which allowed him to set two world hurdle records. He is an Olympic Hall of Fame (1984) and National Track and Field Hall of Fame (1974) inductee.[4]
- ^ "Alvin Kraenzlein". USA Track & Field Hall of Fame. usatf.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Al Kraenzlein". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
- ^ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical dictionary of track and field. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. pp. 127–128.
- ^ "Al Kraenzlein". Olympedia. Retrieved December 22, 2020.