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  • 240 on roids or caught a tailwind

  • Legend

  • Probably the greatest Discus thrower of all time. I sure would have liked to have met him.

  • What a champion.

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  • is there any videos that show him just throwing? i throw for my high school and want to duplicate his form. having the discus come from behind at the last second generates more torque i think..

  • woo hoo! my like great great grandpa ;)

  • Al Oerter threw 240 feet at the age of 45 - a truly legendary performance. It may be the greatest athletic feat of all times. He was like a bottle of fine wine that just got better and better with age.

  • @danrich64 thank you for those words. speaking as the grandson of al oerter. he truly an excellent man/artist/grandfather/athlete­.

  • Damn... Im skipping the youth world champs this year due to injuries. I know it's not the same thing, but I just don't wanna go there and not perform a 100%

  • Aw that sucks, I wanted to see you win :(

  • hell yeah

  • funkiest technique ever

  • Lifetime Best Competitive Throw -- 227'

    Best Documented Throw -- 240' ++ during filming of an instructional video with Gideon Ariel -- both were achieved when Al was past 45 years of age

  • Jeremy Burnitz was having a nice season

  • WHAT WAS HIS PR?????????

  • well his last gold medal that he won at mexico city he threw 212 6 64.78 meters. so that might be his pr or could be more.

  • thx for that

  • youy mean feet??

  • of course. 212 feet 6 inch or 64.78 meters

  • oh didnt see 64.78 sorry haha

  • i heard Oerter when they were filming him practicing his throws for a documentary he unofficially threw over 250 feet

  • oh yeah

  • greatest olympian ever. no disrespect to Phelps but Oerter was absolutely amazing!

  • an absolute legend.

  • Great,Great Athlete!

  • potentially one of the greatest athletes who ever lived

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