Emil Breitkreutz
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Representing the  United States
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1904 St Louis | 800 metres |
Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883 – May 3, 1972) was an American middle distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. The race was won by James Lightbody.
Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. He graduated in 1906.[1]
Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC.
References
- ^ History: The Era of the Founders (1880–1921) Archived August 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, University of Southern California, Accessed August 27, 2008.
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