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Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Yale
- 134 lb (61 kg)
- United States
Frank Charles Shorter (Munique, 31 de outubro de 1947) é um ex-atleta norte-americano, corredor de longa distância e campeão da maratona nos Jogos Olímpicos de Munique em 1972. [1]
- Frank Charles Shorter
- Estados Unidos
21 de jun. de 2018 · Runners’ Stories. Runner’s World Featured. Frank's Story. By all accounts, Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. He spins a captivating narrative about winning the ’72...
Frank Shorter (born October 31, 1947, Munich, Germany) is a runner who became the first American in 64 years to win the Olympic marathon, earning the gold medal at the 1972 Games in Munich, West Germany, the city of his birth. The son of an American army doctor who was based in Germany after World War II, Shorter had early success with running.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
9 de set. de 2022 · Frank Shorter was the first American to win the Olympic Marathon since 1908 and the last to do so. He reflects on his historic race, his friends and rivals, and his fight against doping in sports.
- Alex Ashlock
10 de set. de 2022 · For people who favor clean and simple marks for the start of something new, America’s “running boom” began 50 years ago today, on Sept. 10, 1972, when Frank Shorter, a Yale graduate and law...
9 de set. de 2022 · Frank Shorter won the gold medal in the 1972 Olympic Marathon, the first American to do so since 1908. He also competed in 1976, where he was robbed of a second gold by a doped East German runner, and became a leader in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
