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Oregon Almanac: Oregon Olympic Medalists

2020 games rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic.


A. C. Gilbert
A.C. Gilbert won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1908 Olympics in London. He went on to be a famous inventor and toy manufacturer. (Image courtesy Eli Whitney Museum)
Darrall Imhoff
Darrall Imhoff won a gold medal in basketball, along with fellow Oregonian Terry Dischinger, at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Imhoff went on to a career in the National Basketball Association.
Don Schollander
After swimming to four gold medals in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Don Schollander made the cover of Life magazine. (Image courtesy life.com)
Mac Wilkins
Mac Wilkins throws the discus during the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Wilkins earned the gold medal with a then-Olympic record throw of 67.5 meters. He won a silver medal in 1984. (image courtesy TAC/Allen Steele/Allsport/Getty Images)
Mariel Zagunis
Fencing champion Mariel Zagunis shows off the gold medal she won at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Zagunis won two medals in 2008 and one in 2016. (Image courtesy Claire Randall/Oregon Fencing Alliance)