Emil Breitkreutz
American middle-distance runner
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Emil William Breitkreutz (November 16, 1883, in Wausau, Wisconsin – May 3, 1972, in San Gabriel, California) was an American middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the Olympic 800 meters final in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1904 St Louis | 800 metres |
Breitkreutz attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he became the first USC athlete to compete in the Olympics. He graduated in 1906.[2]
Breitkreutz was also the first head basketball coach at USC.
