Steve Prefontaine

Steve prefontaine is an all American middle & long distance runner who at one point held all American records from the 2000-10000m. Pre was born January 25th 1951, in a very small town of coos bay Oregon. Steve had a tough early life, being part of the football team, basketball team & baseball team, prefontaine was never the first choice & always sat on the bench. Pre was a very small child where many companions towered over him leaving him look like he shouldn't even be there. Pre took on running as a sport that didn't matter about height but mattered about heart.pre in his Highschool days broke many records & got offered many scholarships. Prefontaine was recruited by over 40 colleges in the nation but was unsure where he wanted to go. Pre was often visited by head coaches from…

Every September in Coos Bay, Oregon, a race called the Prefontaine Memorial Run. The race is held in honor of a track athlete from Coos Bay named Steve Prefontaine. Steve Prefontaine did not win an Olympic gold medal, but Steve Prefontaine is considered to be one of the greatest distance runners who ever lived. In his senior year of high school, Steve Prefontaine, nicknamed Pre, broke the U. S. high school record for running two miles by nearly seven seconds. He ran two mines in eight minutes,…

Steve Prefontaine: A Heartbreaking Legend Everybody is born with a talent, and maybe even more than one. Whether it is singing, painting, sports, and even cooking, but everybody something they excel at. It took Steve Prefontaine a little longer than most kids to find his talent, Running. Steve Prefontaine grew up in Coos Bay, Oregon and just like any boy in middle school, he wanted to play contact sports. Running never even crossed Steve’s mind as a middle schooler. However, coaches did not…

Sports are a core component to our American society. The United States takes such pride in sport events such as the Olympics which represent us as a nation in our level of sports. A truly inspirational story reflecting how much an individual cares about his sport would be the story of athlete Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine who competed in the 1972 Olympics for middle and long distance track sports. Steve Prefontaine held the truly American spirit of never giving up no matter what the odds may be…

Prefontaine A quote from Steve Prefontaine “To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift.”(Brainyquotes) In the movie Prefontaine directed by Steve James released in 1997, is an excellent movie based on Steve Prefontaine’s life. Prefontaine was a long distance runner in Oregon who goes to the 1972 Olympics. In Prefontaine the historical precision is very important, Steve Prefontaine’s life, and the fundamental representation behind the film Prefontaine. Historical precision…

Depending on who was asked, Steve Prefontaine was either a brash firebrand or an inspirational genius. For his competitors, Prefontaine’s talent and style sent shivers down their spines and made the end result seem a foregone conclusion. For his fans, he had a strange combination of charisma and mystery that gave him an indescribable magnetism. The author of Prefontaine’s biography, Tom Jordan, summed this allure up when he prefaced his book by saying, “There was something about Steve…

Without limits. Everybody of us have wanted be the better in our favorite activity and feel proud of it, unfortunately always there are obstacles to achieve our dreams or goals. This is the history of Steve Prefontaine, an American runner born in Coos Bay, Oregon. First of all Steve was a rebel runner, he always wanted to run on first of the group in every race, did not matter if he finishes in second place he always wanted be the leader in every race that he competed. When Steve was 18…

No one believed in themselves more than the late, great, Steve Prefontaine. “Pre,” as most call him, was an outstanding collegiate athlete for the University of Oregon in the 1970’s. He was the epitome of a committed runner, leaving nothing behind whenever he raced. Prefontaine was an American middle distance runner and competed in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. At one time, he held the American record in seven different events from the 2,000 meter to the 10,000 meter distances.…

before every track and field meet Pre’s pre-competition routines were more of a warm-up. Another similarity between these two films was “pep-talks.” In the first film, Jim was the coach of a high school team, and he made energizing talks directed at the team before competition. Pre on the other hand was an athlete, he was on the receiving side of these talks from his coach, Bill Bowerman. Conclusion In conclusion, I enjoyed both of these films. I found it interesting to see how the various…

Early on he endorsed a man named Steve Prefontaine, who was the first spokesman for Knight and Bowerman’s shoes. In 1975, Nike sponsored several of the top NBA players, including Elvin Hayes, Spencer Haywood, and Rudy Tomjanovich (Hays, 23). Each player received $2,000 and a small share of the company’s proceeds from profits on Nike’s basketball shoes (Hays, 23). This was the beginning of Nike’s basketball endorsements, now they sponsor big-time names including: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and…