Alvin Kraenzlein
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 96 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 12,1876 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Minneapolis |
| Minnesota | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 6,1928 |
| Died | Wilkes-Barre |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Olympic_medals | Athletics At The 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metres Hurdles |
| Olympic medal | Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres hurdles |
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| ID | 799525 |
Alvin Kraenzlein Life story
Alvin Christian "Al" Kraenzlein was an American track-and-field athlete known as "the father of the modern hurdling technique". He was the first sportsman in the history of the Olympic games to win four individual gold medals in a single discipline at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.