Olympic Gold Medalist Dan O’Brien will be the featured speaker at the Essentia
Health Fit-n-Fun Middle School Assemblies on April 21 and 22.
O’Brien took home the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996
Olympic Games in Atlanta. The five-time US champion and three-time
world champion in the decathlon will give presentations to
students:
April
21
10
a.m: Ordean East Middle School, Duluth
2
p.m: Superior (Wis.) Middle School
April
22
10
a.m: Lincoln Park Middle School, Duluth
O’Brien was adopted
at the age of two, and raised in a home with seven other children. With a great
deal of self-determination and commitment, he became one of the most successful
and dominant athletes in the history of sports.
However, when he
failed to qualify for the 1992 US Olympic team, he became one of the most
publicized failures in history. O’Brien didn’t give up on his dream though and
set his sights on the 1996 Olympics. His Olympic gold medal was the first for an
American in the decathlon since 1976.
O’Brien’s career has
been nothing shy of astounding, as he also set a World Record that stood for
over seven years, achieved three World Championships and two Goodwill Games
Championships.
O’Brien, 48, resides
in Scottsdale, AZ., and continues to give back to a sport as a coach, television analyst, and
mentor.
For more on O’Brien,
visit http://www.danobrien.com/
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