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奥运名人堂:帕特 -奥卡拉汉(Pat O'Callaghan)

帕特 -奥卡拉汉(pat o'callaghan) (田径 爱尔兰)

1932 los angeles, coliseum. games of the x olympiad. athletics, hammer throw: gold medallist patrick o'callaghan of ireland in action.

born: 28 january 1906

deceased: 10 december 1991

birthplace: kanturk (irland)

nationality: irland

sport: athletics

attendance at the olympic games

amsterdam 1928

los angeles 1932

awards

olympic medals:

gold: 2

it's not over until it's over

pat o'callaghan of derrygallon in north cork, ireland, had only been competing in the hammer throw for thirteen months when he entered the 1928 amsterdam olympics. in the final, he trailed ossian skiöld of sweden until the next to last round, when o'callaghan unleashed the best throw of his career (by 51 centimetres) to win the gold medal. at the 1932 los angeles olympics, o'callaghan tried to defend his title. throughout the competition, he spent almost all of his waiting time filing down the spikes on his shoes. after five of the six rounds, he was in second place behind ville pörhöla of finland. but then, with his final attempt, o'callaghan connected with a throw of 53.92m to earn another dramatic victory.

  生日:1906年1月28日

  逝世:1991年12月10日

  出生地:爱尔兰

  国籍: 爱尔兰

  项目: 田径

  参加奥运会时间:

  1928年荷兰阿姆斯特丹夏季奥运会

  1932年美国洛杉矶夏季奥运会

  奥运成绩:

  金牌2 枚

  战斗到最后一刻

  帕特-奥卡拉汗是爱尔兰岛的一名医生。1927年6月25日,他第一次触摸链球,就取得了 41.49米的成绩,这在当时已经是专业运动员的水平了,两周后,奥卡拉汗以43.36米的成绩夺取爱尔兰链球比赛的冠军。到奥卡拉汗参加1928年荷兰阿姆斯特丹夏季奥运会的链球比赛时,距他开始接触链球只有13个月时间,在决赛中,他以超出自己个人最好成绩51厘米的表现夺取金牌。1932年洛杉矶奥运会上,卫冕冠军奥卡拉汗再次参加链球比赛,在整个比赛过程中,他一直在修理他的鞋,在六轮过后,他排名第二,在最后一轮中,奥卡拉汗再次甩出了 53.92米的成绩,成功卫冕。