1. Abel Richard Kiviat was an American track coach, press agent, and highly accomplished middle-distance runner.
12 Facts About Abel Kiviat
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Abel Kiviat won a gold medal in the 3000m team race and a silver medal in the 1500m at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
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Abel Kiviat was the oldest living American Olympic medalist at the time of his death.
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Abel Kiviat competed for and coached the Irish American Athletic Club, and was later a member of the New York Athletic Club.
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Abel Kiviat broke the world's record in the 2,400 yard relay race, his time for his 600 yards being 1:16 and 5:4 for the entire distance.
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Abel Kiviat won the Canadian mile championship in 1909 and again in 1910.
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Abel Kiviat set a 1500 meter world record of 3:55.8 minutes in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 1912.
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Abel Kiviat competed for the US Olympic Team as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club.
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Abel Kiviat won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the Olympic Games in Stockholm 1912.
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Abel Kiviat later participated in the Olympic Torch Relay before the 1984 Olympics.
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Abel Kiviat died of prostate cancer on August 24,1991, at his home in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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Abel Kiviat was survived by a son Arthur, two brothers and a grandchild.