Olympics Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa

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These famous Olympians from Iowa have achieved some of the highest honors in sports history just by qualifying for the Olympics. Most athletes will never be chosen to represent their countries so - even if they didn't bring home the medal - these competitors made Iowa proud. Athletes include everyone from Shawn Johnson to Dan Gable.

This list answers the questions, "Which Olympians are from Iowa?" and "Which Olympians were born in Iowa?"

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Shawn Johnson is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 26

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Amanda Weir is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 32

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Al Feuerbach is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Al Feuerbach age 70

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Ben Askren is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 33

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Dan Gable is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 69

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Doug Schwab is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Doug Schwab age 38

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Frank Irons is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 56 (1886-1942)

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Frank Wykoff is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 71 (1909-1980)

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Herman Groman is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 72 (1882-1954)

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Jennifer Barringer is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 31

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Jon Koncak is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 54

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Kenneth Sitzberger is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 39 (1945-1984)

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Mike Burton is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 70

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Morgan Taylor is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 72 (1903-1975)

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Nancy Metcalf is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
age 39

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Nat Pendleton is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Died at 72 (1895-1967)

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Natasha Kaiser-Brown is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Natasha Kaiser-Brown age 50

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Sabin Carr is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
Sabin Carr Died at 79 (1904-1983)

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Lolo Jones is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
KadiDeGeest added age 35

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Kip Janvrin is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
opclassroom added Kip Janvrin age 52

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Randy Wilson is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Olympic Athletes Born in Iowa
opclassroom added Randy Wilson

800 Meter Track Athlete - 1980 Olympic Team Member ( the Moscow Olympics were boycotted by the United States) -  800m PR 1:45.21 (The gold medal in 1980 was won by Steve Ovett in 1:45.4)