Print, Photographic

Mac Wilkins

Mac Wilkins

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Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1553

Description

Mac Wilkins throws the discus during a competition in 1978. Mac Wilkins attended Clover Park High before moving to Beaverton, Oregon, to finish high school and then going on to become a Northwest sports legend. He won an NCAA discus title for the Oregon Ducks. He won gold at the 1976 Olympics, silver in 1984 and finished fifth in ‘88. Team USA boycotted the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union. He broke the world record four times in his career, with his best throw (70.98 meters) coming in 1980.

Made/Created

Date made

1978 - 1979

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Track & Field, High School, College, Olympics

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Oregon

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Clover Park High School

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Wilkins, Mac

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discus