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Steve Prefontaine

1951 - 1975

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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine (January 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death in 1975. Prefontaine's career, alongside those of Jim Ryun, Frank Shorter, and Bill Rodgers, generated considerable media coverage, which helped inspire the 1970s "running boom". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Prefontaine has received more than 3,338,427 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Steve Prefontaine is the 960th most popular athlete (down from 354th in 2019), the 8,568th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,811th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Steve Prefontaine ranks 960 out of 3,059Before him are Tom Sandberg, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Frank Kugler, Lajos Gönczy, François Brandt, and Billy Mills. After him are Giuseppina Leone, Arthur Tell Schwab, Valeriu Bularca, Käthe Krauss, Finn Pedersen, and Fred Børre Lundberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Steve Prefontaine ranks 422Before him are Trilok Gurtu, John Abizaid, Dean Kamen, Nana Patekar, Aleksey Buldakov, and Andranik Eskandarian. After him are Max Weinberg, Ramón Heredia, Dominique Dropsy, Rosy Bindi, Yury Chaika, and Steve Miner. Among people deceased in 1975, Steve Prefontaine ranks 214Before him are Sigmund Haringer, May Sutton, Marc Wright, Viktor Anichkin, Per-Erik Hedlund, and Oskar Perron. After him are Keith Park, Arne Halse, Knut Kroon, Franz Bistricky, Tommy Green, and Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Prefontaine ranks 8,568 out of 18,182Before him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Susan Peters (1921), Steny Hoyer (1939), Karol J. Bobko (1937), Billy Mills (1938), and Mary Boland (1882). After him are Paul Winchell (1922), Richard Denning (1914), Lindsey Graham (1955), Max Weinberg (1951), Stephen Decatur (1779), and William C. deMille (1878).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Steve Prefontaine ranks 184Before him are Lee Calhoun (1933), Harry Babcock (1890), Bill Miller (1912), Paul Drayton (1939), Alvah Meyer (1888), and Billy Mills (1938). After him are Edwin Hedley (1864), William Hogenson (1884), Annette Rogers (1913), Bob Hayes (1942), Hal Brown (1898), and Alma Richards (1890).