Allan "Al" Dean Feuerbach (born January 14, 1948) is a former American

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athlete. He competed in the shot put at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He missed the 1980 Games due to the

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by the United States. He did however receive one of 461

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s created especially for the athletes. On May 5, 1973, he broke Randy Matson's seven-year-old world record in the shot put by throwing 21.82 meters (71' 7") at the San Jose Invitational at

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. Just weeks later, competing in a different sport, olympic-style weight lifting, he finished first in the heavyweight division at the U.S. weightlifting championships. Feuerbach currently works as a freelance audio technologist. He was a four time

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in the shot put, plus he added three indoor championships and won the British

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title in the shot put event at the

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. In 2016, he was elected into the

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. He later became a sound engineer, working with CNBC.

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* Feuerbach at the 1976 US. Olympic Trials @ 27:40 * 1948 births Living people American male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States People from Preston, Iowa Track and field athletes from San Jose, California World record setters in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Track and field athletes from California Congressional Gold Medal recipients Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-shotput-athletics-bio-stub