Neal Steinhauer (August 18, 1944 – September 7, 2020) was an American

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athlete. He won a silver medal in the

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at the

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, behind

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, and also won two medals at the

1967 Summer Universiade The 1967 Summer Universiade, also known as the V Summer Universiade, took place in Tokyo, Japan. Eastern Bloc countries including Soviet Union, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Cuba, Czechoslovakia and North Korea boycotted the Games due to th ...

in Tokyo (gold in the shot put and bronze in the discus). A one-time American national champion (in 1969). Steinhauer set his personal best (21.01 m) on March 25, 1967, at a meet in

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. He was on the cover of the February 1969 issue of ''

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.''Past Covers 1969
. Trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved on 2015-07-16.

References

1944 births 2020 deaths American male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Oregon Ducks men's track and field athletes Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1967 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{US-shotput-athletics-bio-stub