Lance Deal
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 Lance Deal |
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Lance Earl Deal (born August 21, 1961 in Riverton, Wyoming) is a former American athlete who won a silver medal in the hammer throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed in the 1988, 1992, and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Deal graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming where he earned All-State Honors in football, wrestling, and track. He went on to graduate from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. He is the throws coach (for discus, hammer, javelin, and shot put) at the University of Oregon. Deal is married and has one daughter.
He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 2007.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Deal, Shanley inducted to Oregon Sports Hall of Fame", Eugene Register-Guard, August 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
- ^ 2007 Oregon Hall of Fame inductees. OregonLive.com (August 3, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
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Preceded by Andrey Abduvaliyev |
Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1996 |
Succeeded by Heinz Weis |
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Categories: 1961 births | Hammer throwers | Living people | Athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Oregon Sports Hall of Fame | People from Wyoming | Montana State University alumni | United States track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
