Word: decathalon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mathias, Olympic decathalon champion, yesterday received the Associated Press award for male "Athlete of the Year," but said that he felt Horace Ashenfelter's victory in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at Helsinki made the Penn State athlete more deserving of the honor...
These performances won him a position on the 1952 Olympic swimming team. It took him a month and a half to get from Sydney to Heisinki, Finland, site of the games. With him went his coach, who happened to be one of Australia's contrimutions to the Olympic Decathalon meet...