Bob Mathias

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Olympic athlete decathlete human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Bob Mathias was an American decathlete who became one of the youngest Olympic champions and later a two-time gold medalist and U.S. Congressman.

Aliases (2)

Bob Mathias (as himself in film) ×1
Robert Bruce Mathias ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic athlete → decathlete → human → member of the United States House of Representatives → politician →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
child	Marlene Mathias → Megan Mathias →
competitionClass	men's decathlon →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1930-11-17 →
dateOfDeath	2006-09-02 →
educatedAt	Stanford University →
endTime	1975-01-03 →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Mathias →
fullName	Robert Bruce Mathias →
givenName	Robert →
hallOfFameInduction	National Track and Field Hall of Fame → U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame →
height	approximately 1.90 m →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
memberOfSportsTeam	United States national athletics team →
militaryBranch	United States Marine Corps →
militaryConflict	Korean War era (non-combat service) →
militaryRank	captain →
notableAchievement	one of the youngest Olympic champions in track and field history →
notableWork	film 'The Bob Mathias Story' (1954) →
occupation	actor → athlete → decathlete → politician →
OlympicMedal	gold medal in men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics → gold medal in men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics →
participatedIn	1948 Summer Olympics → 1952 Summer Olympics →
placeOfBirth	Tulare, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Fresno, California, United States →
portrayedBy	Bob Mathias (as himself in film) →
positionHeld	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives →
representedDistrict	California's 18th congressional district →
residence	Tulare, California, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
sport	athletics → decathlon →
spouse	Melba Mathias →
startTime	1967-01-03 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1948 Summer Olympics → 1952 Summer Olympics →	notableAthlete
Bob Mathias ("Robert Bruce Mathias") →	fullName
Bob Mathias ("Bob Mathias (as himself in film)") →	portrayedBy