Dave Edstrom
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Born | September 10, 1938 Portland, Oregon | |||||||||||||
Died | May 9, 2019 Denver, Colorado | (aged 80)|||||||||||||
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David Allan Edstrom (September 10, 1938 – May 9, 2019)[1] was a decathlete from the United States. He won the gold medal in the men's decathlon event at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He competed for Sherwood High School (Oregon), the University of Oregon, the Emerald Empire TC, the Oregon TC, and the US Air Force.
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Edstrom". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
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- 1938 births
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- American male decathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Portland, Oregon
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- People from Sherwood, Oregon
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
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