Oerter
Americannoun
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Wüst had been part of an elite group of winter and summer athletes to win individual golds at four Olympics, joined by icons such as Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis and Al Oerter.
From Fox News • Feb. 7, 2022
The Christian Oerter rifle is one of only two such rifles known to have survived with its original flint mechanism that bears the maker's name, place and date of manufacture.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2021
U.S. discuss thrower Al Oerter became the first track athlete to win an event at four straight Olympics.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2020
The artist: He is now a full-time professional painter, and along with Olympic athlete and artist Al Oerter, he helped start the Art of the Olympians program in 2006.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2018
That accordance has now been discovered to be world-wide. 160-1 “Ganz gleiche Mythen können sehr füglich, jede selbstständig, an verschiedenen Oerter emporkommen.”
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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