Born: October 31, 1947 - Munich, DEEvents
3 mi. - 12:52
5,000 m - 13:26.60
10,000 m - 27:45.91
marathon - 2:10:30
Born on an Army base in Germany (his father was an Army Doctor stationed in BRD), and 24-time national champion, Shorter captured the Olympic Gold Medal in 1972 in the city of his birth (Munich). It was this performance that inspired the distance running boom in the U.S. He went on to claim the Silver Medal in the 1976 Olympics and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1984. Frank is one of the single most highly regarded runners of all time... an authority on the movement to create WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) and someone who our Warrior Runners both young and old will enjoy meeting, running with... and spending time around at each base we visit.
Championships
1972 Olympics: 10,000 m (5th)
1972 Olympics: marathon (1st)
1976 Olympics: marathon (2nd)
1971 Pan-Am Games: 10,000 m (1st)
1971 Pan-Am Games: marathon (1st)
1969 NCAA: 6 mi. (1st)
Education
high school: Mount Hernon Academy (Northfield, Massachusetts), 1965
undergraduate: Yale (New Haven, Connecticut), 1969
Occupations
Businessman
Television sports commentator
Drug enforcement administrator
