Knowra Bob Mathias Bob Mathias Bob Mathias was an American decathlete who won Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952. He later represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1948 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in London from July 29 to August 14, 1948. Mathias won the decathlon at these Games, aged 17, in his first major international competition.
Decathlon : An athletics competition in which athletes contest ten track-and-field events and score points from their performances. Mathias's Olympic discipline combines sprinting, jumping, throwing, and distance running.
Glenn Scobey Warner : An American football coach best known for developing the single-wing offense and coaching at Stanford and several other schools. Warner coached Mathias in football at Stanford, where athletics accompanied his decathlon career.
United States House of Representatives : The lower chamber of the United States Congress, whose members are elected from congressional districts. Mathias served in the House after winning fame as an Olympic athlete.
1952 Summer Olympics : The Summer Olympic Games held in Helsinki from July 19 to August 3, 1952. Mathias defended his decathlon title here, becoming the first athlete to win it twice.
Decathlon scoring tables : Tables that convert performances in decathlon events into comparable point scores. Scoring let Mathias's varied performances combine into one winning total.
Stanford University : A private research university in Stanford, California, founded in 1885. Mathias attended Stanford and competed in track and football while studying there.
California's 18th congressional district : A former California congressional district that included parts of the San Joaquin Valley during Mathias's tenure. Mathias represented this district in the House from 1967 to 1975.
1948 Olympic decathlon : The ten-event men's competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics, won by Bob Mathias. Its result made Mathias the youngest male Olympic track-and-field champion at the time.
100 metres : A track sprint over 100 metres, contested as one event in the men's decathlon. Its speed demands formed one part of Mathias's ten-event Olympic contests.
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