Gary Stenlund
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Full name | Gary Michael Stenlund | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1940-08-07) August 7, 1940 (age 84) Longview, Washington | ||||||||||||||
Died | January 9, 2024(2024-01-09) (aged 83) Battle Ground, WA | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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Gary Michael Stenlund (August 7, 1940-January 2024) was an American athlete. He held the Junior World Record for javelin and set many records for Oregon State.[1] He placed second in the NCAA javelin in 1960 for Oregon State.[2] He won second place at the Pan American Games in 1967 with a throw of 73.96m.[3] He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[4] Throwing for Oregon State University, he finished second at the 1960 NCAA Championships.[5] He broke the M65 world record in the javelin with a 56.93 in the Hayward Masters Classic.[6] He is also the former M70 world record holder, set in Sacramento, California, while winning the Masters Athletics World Championships.[7] He broke the Master's World Record for M75 with a 47.12 meter javelin throw in 2016 at the age of 76.[8]
Stenlund struggled with alcoholism which showed even during his participation in the Olympic Trials.[9] He achieved sobriety in his 40's. He and a friend worked on Jantzen Beach, OR replacing stringers on houseboats. He built his own houseboat prior to this. Later in life he moved to Costa Rica where he competed in the javelin in Panama and threw regularly at a local field. He was the co-owner and worker of his own coffee farm. He returned to Washington and continued with javelin, competing and setting records into his 70's. He never stopped practicing the javelin.
References
- ^ https://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/1968/RESULTS/Oregon-St_Track-Media-Guide.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Results of Yesterday's NCAA Meet". Oakland Tribune. 1960-06-19
- ^ https://athleticspodium.com/champs/pan-american-games/1967-pan-american-games [bare URL]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Stenlund Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Gary Stenlund-246-3-Javelin-NCAA Division 1 Track and Field Championships". Oregon Runners. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ https://www.mastershistory.org/NMN/photos2006-August.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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- ^ Hoffer, Richard (September 22, 2009). Something in the Air: American Passion and Defiance in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781416593898. Retrieved April 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
External links
- Gary Stenlund at Olympedia
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