Robert Beck (pentathlete) explained

Robert Beck
Birth Date:December 30, 1936
Birth Place:San Diego, California, U.S.
Death Place:San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Height:188 cm
Weight:76 kg
Sport:Modern pentathlon, épée fencing
Club:Harvard Crimson
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Robert Lee Beck (December 30, 1936  - April 2, 2020) was an American modern pentathlete and fencer who won three gold medals in these disciplines at the Pan American Games in 1963–1971.[1] He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was less successful at the 1968 Games, placing 22nd individually and fourth with the American team.[2] [3]

Beck graduated from the University of Virginia and Harvard Medical School.[4] Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career. He was hospitalized in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home.[5] He died on April 2, 2020, at age 83, after contracting COVID-19.[6] [7]

As of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to win an individual medal in men's pentathlon.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Steven Olderr. The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. September 14, 2009. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0468-8. 99, 148.
  2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Robert Beck . January 3, 2011 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018140615/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BECKROB01 . October 18, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Robert Beck Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/bob-beck-1.html . dead . April 17, 2020 . January 3, 2011 . sports-reference.com.
  4. Web site: Olympedia – Bob Beck .
  5. Web site: Tribute to Dr. Robert "Bob' Beck Olympic Pentathlon Medalist Passes at 83. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511033115/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Modern-Pentathlon/Features/2020/May/02/Double-Olympic-bronze-Medalist-Dr-Robert-Bob-Beck-Passes-at-83. dead. May 11, 2020. Team USA. en. May 5, 2020.
  6. Web site: Double Olympic medallist Beck dies at 83. April 5, 2020. www.insidethegames.biz. April 5, 2020.
  7. Web site: Tribute to Dr. Robert "Bob" Beck, Olympic Pentathlon Medalist Passes at 83 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200511033115/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Modern-Pentathlon/Features/2020/May/02/Double-Olympic-bronze-Medalist-Dr-Robert-Bob-Beck-Passes-at-83 . dead . May 11, 2020 . Team USA . May 2, 2020 .
  8. Web site: Olympic Pentathlon 2016: Men's Medal Winners, Scores and Results. Chiari. Mike. Bleacher Report. en. May 5, 2020. and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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