Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoJanuwari 25 , Ngo-1951
Wafa eneminyaka: 24
Umqondiso welanga: U-Aquarius
Kwaziwa njenge:USteve Roland 'Pre' Prefontaine
Uzalwe e:ICoos Bay
Idume njenge:Imbaleki emide
Iimbaleki Amadoda aseMelika
Ukuphakama: 5'9 '(175i-CM),5'9 'Kubi
Usapho:
utata:URaymond Prefontaine
umama:Elfriede Prefontaine
abantakwenu:ULinda Prefontaine, uNeta Prefontaine
Usweleke kwi: Ngomhla we-30 , Ngo-1975
indawo yokufa:Eugene
U.S. Urhulumente: Oregon
Unobangela wokufa: Ingozi yemoto
Iinkcukacha ezithe kratyaImfundo:IMarshfield High School, kwiDyunivesithi yaseOregon
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
UAllyson Felix UCarl Lewis UJustin Gatlin UJackie Joyner-K ...Ngubani uSteve Prefontaine?
USteve Roland 'Pre' u-Prefontaine wayengumbaleki owaziwayo waseMelika ophakathi kunye nomgama omde. Wathatha inxaxheba kwi-‘Olimpiki zasehlotyeni ’zowe-1972, kwaye ngaxa lithile, wabamba irekhodi laseMelika kwiziganeko ezi-7 zomgama owahlukileyo, ukusuka kwiimitha ezingama-2 000 ukuya kwezili-10 000. Ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-Pre ngabagijimi kunye nabalandeli, u-Prefontaine waya 'kwiMarshfield High School' kwaye wenza kakuhle kwiitraki, waphula iirekhodi zesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ezili-19 kunye nokubeka irekhodi lesikolo esiphakamileyo kuzwelonke kugqatso lweemayile ezi-2. Wazimisela ukufumana uqeqesho kumqeqeshi owaziwayo uBill Bowerman kwaye wabhalisa kwiDyunivesithi yase-Oregon, 'nangona iikholeji ezininzi eziphezulu eMelika zazinomdla wokuba naye kumaqela abo. Uphumelele izihloko ezine ezilandelelanayo ze-3-mile kwaye waba yimpumelelo yeentshatsheli ezintathu ze-'Candelo I-NCAA yelizwe eliphambeneyo '. Waphoswa yimbasa kwiiOlimpiki zowe-1972 ngomgama osondeleyo. Wayejonge iOlimpiki yango-1976 'eMontreal,' kodwa ngelishwa wasweleka engozini yemoto ekhaya 24. Eyaziwa ngokuba ngumdyarho 'wokubaleka' ngaphambili, u-Prefontaine usathathelwa ingqalelo njengeembaleki ezinkulu eMelika eziveliswe kwimbali yomdlalo. . Umsebenzi wakhe kwathiwa ukhuthaze ii-1970's 'boom boom,' ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithile.
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-pnaqyWSQ (Iinethiwekhi zePac-12) Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 25, 1951, eCoos Bay, e-Oregon, e-US, kuRaymond Prefontaine no-Elfriede. Utata wakhe wakhonza ‘e-US Army’ ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Emva koko, wasebenza njengomchebi kunye nomchweli. Umama wakhe wayengumthungi. Wayenoodade ababini, uNeta noLinda. Uthathe inxaxheba kwimisebenzi eyahlukeneyo ukusukela ebuntwaneni kwaye wayeyinxalenye yeqela lebhola ekhatywayo kunye nebhasikithi yesikolo sakhe samabanga aphakamileyo. Ngelixa bekwibanga lesibhozo, wabona iqela leqela lesikolo esiphakamileyo esasihamba kunye nokubaleka ujikeleze umhlaba webhola. Kamva kuloo nyaka, izifundo zakhe zomzimba zamenza waqonda ukuba wayeqhuba kakuhle kugqatso olude. Ngokuthe ngcembe, waba nomdla wokubaleka ilizwe elibalekayo. Ngo-1965, wabhalisela ‘iMarshfield High School,’ apho waqeqeshwa khona ngumqeqeshi uWalt McClure Jr., njengenxalenye yeqela lesikolo eliwela ilizwe. Eyona nto ayithandayo kunyaka wakhe wokuqala yayingu-5: 01 imayile. Ukuphela konyaka, wayenyukele kwindawo yesibini ukusuka kwindawo yesixhenxe kwaye wabekwa kwindawo yama-53 ‘kwi-State Championship.’ Wahlala engoyiswanga ngexesha lakhe lomnqamlezo welizwe eliphambeneyo, ngelixa wayephumelela iwonga lelizwe. 'Isimemo seCorvallis' samngqina ebeka irekhodi lesizwe ngexesha le-8: 41.5, ngelixa wayenonyaka wakhe omkhulu. Wahlala engoyiswanga ngeli xesha lonyaka, kwimigama e-1-mile kunye ne-2-mile, kwaye waphumelela izihloko ezibini zikarhulumente. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiAbadlali bezemidlalo baseMelika Amadoda e-Aquarius Umsebenzi Malunga neekholeji ezingama-40 phesheya kweMelika zifuna ukugaya iPrefontaine. Bathumela iileta kwaye batsalela umnxeba, ngelixa abaqeqeshi babo babetyelele u-Prefontaine ukumfumanela amaqela abo. Ekugqibeleni wagqiba ekubeni abhalise 'kwiYunivesithi yase-Oregon' ukuze aqeqeshwe ngumqeqeshi odumileyo kunye nomqeqeshi webala uBill Bowerman, owayeqeqesha uWalt McClure, Jr. ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe 'neDyunivesithi yaseOregon.' Ezemidlalo, 'kunye noPhil Knight, ngoJanuwari 25, 1964, eyathi ngoMeyi 30, 1971, yaba yi-Nike, Inc. Ngaphambi! Ngaphambi!, Nanini na xa ethatha inxaxheba kuwo nawuphi na umcimbi kwibala lemidlalo. I-T-shirts zabalandeli bakhe zihlala zibonisa amagama LEGEND okanye GO PRE, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha, ngokuqhula, STOP PRE. Ekuhambeni kwexesha, wazuza udumo kwilizwe liphela kwaye waligquma inqaku likaNovemba le-'Track and Field News 'ngo-1969 kunye neqweqwe likaJuni' Sports Illustrated 'ngo-1970. , 'eyayiza kubanjelwa eMunich, eNtshona Jamani, kwaye waqala ukuziqeqesha. Uphumelele izihloko ezine zeemitha ezingama-5 000, amaxesha amathathu elandelelana. Ubuye waphumelela i-'Candelo I-NCAA Cross Country Championship 'kathathu. Ilungu lobuzalwana 'lePi Kappa Alpha', u-Prefontaine uvele njengophumelele izihloko ezine ezi-3 zeemitha / ezingama-5000 ngokulandelelana. Ngokuthe ngcembe, wazuza udumo ngesimbo sakhe sokubaleka kakhulu. Ngesantya sakhe somlenze, u-Prefontaine urekhode elona xesha lilungileyo lomsebenzi kwimayile (3: 54.6), eyayiyimizuzwana nje eyi-3.5 emva kwerekhodi eyayikho ngelo xesha. Kwiimvavanyo ze-Olimpiki e-Eugene, ngoJulayi 9, 1972, wabeka irekhodi laseMelika kumsitho weemitha ezingama-5000. Kumdyarho wokugqibela kumdyarho wamadoda oziimitha ezingama-5000 kwi-‘Olimpiki yasehlotyeni, ’eyaqhutywa ngoSeptemba, u-Prefontaine wakhokela ngexesha lokugqibela. Nangona kunjalo, ekugqibeleni wawa ngasemva kukaLasse Virén waseFinland, u-Mohammed Gammoudi waseTunisia, kunye no-Ian Stewart wase-Bhritane. USteve waphelela kwindawo yesine. Qhubeka nokufunda apha ngezantsi Akazange aphulukane nomdyarho omnye (NCAA) kwiminyaka yakhe emine e-Oregon, nokuba ingangumnyhadala weemayile ezi-3, umsitho weemitha ezingama-5 000, umsitho weemayile ezi-6, okanye umsitho weemitha ezili-10,000. Waqala umlo owandisiweyo kunye ne-'Amateur Athletic Union '(AAU) ngexesha lakhe lokugqibela. Umbutho wanyanzelisa ukuba iimbaleki ezazinqwenela ukuhlala zingahlawulwanga ngexesha le-'Olimpiki 'azizukufumana ntlawulo ngokuthatha kwabo inxaxheba kwimisitho yomkhondo, ngokutsho kwabaninzi, eyayingalunganga. Emva kokugqiba umsebenzi wakhe wobungcali, u-Prefontaine wajonga i-‘Olimpiki yasehlotyeni, ’eyayiza kubanjelwa eMontreal ngo-1976, kwaye waqalisa ukuzilungiselela. Waphumelela ukuseta iirekhodi kuyo yonke imidyarho, ukusuka kwiimitha ezingama-2 000 ukuya kwi-10,000 yeemitha, ngexesha lakhe le-'Oregon Track Club. 'Ngeli xesha, ngo-1974, waqeshwa njengomqeshwa yi-'Nike, Inc.' iimbaleki ukuba zihlawulwe ngu-'Nike 'ngokunxiba izihlangu zabo. Wayefuna iimbaleki eziphambili zamanye amazwe ukuba zinxibe izihlangu ze-'Nike ', kwaye oku kwamenza ukuba athumele izihlangu zasimahla, kunye neleta yakhe yobuqu, kubaninzi abakhuphisana naye abaphezulu. Kwikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi, wayephumelele ugqatso lwe-120 kolu khuphiswano lwe-153 awayethathe inxaxheba kulo. Ubomi bobuqu kunye nelifa Iqela leembaleki ezihambahambayo ezisuka eFinland zithathe inxaxheba kumhlangano we-'NCAA Prep 'e-'Hayward Field' entwasahlobo yowe-1975. Emva komsitho owawubanjwe ngomhla we-29 kaMeyi, apho uPrefontaine waphumelela ugqatso lweemitha ezingama-5 000, iimbaleki zaseMelika nezaseFinland zazihamba. Ngelixa ebuya ethekweni, emva kobusuku, u-Prefontaine wagqiba kwelokuba aqhube i-orenji yakhe ye-1973 MGB eguqukayo. Kwangobo busuku, wadibana nengozi embi xa wayeqhuba. Wachazwa njengofileyo phambi kokuba afumane naluphi na unyango. Ungcwatyelwe e ‘Sunset Memorial Park’ eCoos Bay, kwaye nenkonzo yesikhumbuzo ibibanjelwe e ‘Hayward Field,’ ebizinyaswe ngamawaka abalandeli bakhe, izihlobo, kunye nabantu abafuna okuhle. Umdlali onesiphiwo, kunye noBill Rodgers, uFrank Shorter, kunye noJim Ryun, babebizwa ngokuba bakhuthaze ukuqalisa ukusebenza kwee-1970s. Umsitho wonyaka we-'Oregon Track Club ', i-'Hayward Field Restoration Meet,' eyaqala ngo-1973, yaphinda yathiywa igama njenge-'Bowerman Classic 'ngo-1975, emva ko-Bowerman. Isiganeko esifanayo saphinda sabizwa kwakhona, kunye nokuvunywa kokugqibela, ku-'Prefontaine Classic 'ngoJuni 1, 1975, ukuhlonipha u-Prefontaine. Ngo-1983, wangeniswa kwi-‘Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. ’NgeyoMnga ngo-1997, isikhumbuzo‘ sePre’s Rock ’sanikezelwa kwimbaleki. Isikhumbuzo, esigcinwa njenge 'Prefontaine Memorial Park' yi-'Eugene Parks and Recreation, 'ikwindawo apho uPrefontaine wayephefumle khona okokugqibela. Impumelelo ye-Prefontaine ihlonitshwa minyaka le yi-'Prefontaine Memorial Run, 'ebanjelwa eCoos Bay ngoMgqibelo wesithathu kaSeptemba. Unyaka nonyaka, ngaphezulu kwewaka leembaleki ezithatha inxaxheba kulo msitho. Icandelo le 'Coos Art Museum' eCoos Bay linikezelwe kuye. Iifilimu ezimbini, 'uPrefontaine' (1997) kunye 'Ngaphandle kweMida' (1998), kunye nexwebhu elibhaliweyo, 'Umlilo kwiTrack' (1995), zazisekwe kubomi bakhe.
