Neal Steinhauer – Track & Field

(Aug. 18, 1944 – Sep. 7, 2020) Neal Steinhauer, University of Oregon (1967) track and field athlete, was an NCAA shot put champion, NCAA All-American, Pacific Coast Conference champion three years, and Northern Division champion in the shot and discus. He was AAU champion in 1969.

He won a silver medal in the shot put at the 1967 Pan American Games, behind Randy Matson, and also won two medals at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo (gold in the shot put and bronze in the discus). A one-time American national champion (in 1969). Steinhauer set his personal best (21.01 m) on March 25, 1967 at a meet in Sacramento. He was on the cover of the February 1969 issue of Track and Field News.

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