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Ben Plucknett, the Glossary

Walter Harrison ("Ben") Plucknett (April 13, 1954 in Beatrice, Nebraska – November 17, 2002 in Essex, Missouri) was an American track and field athlete, known primarily for the discus throw.^[1]

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Sportspeople from Nebraska

Anabolic steroid

Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are a class of drugs that are structurally related to testosterone, the main male sex hormone, and produce effects by binding to the androgen receptor (AR).

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Beatrice, Nebraska

Beatrice is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

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Bench press

The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench.

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Discus throw

The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than other competitors.

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Essex, Missouri

Essex is a city in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States.

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Intracranial aneurysm

An intracranial aneurysm, also known as a cerebral aneurysm, is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel.

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List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Below is a list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Ben Plucknett and list of Congressional Gold Medal recipients are Congressional Gold Medal recipients.

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List of world records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics.

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Track and field

Athletics (or track and field in the United States) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills.

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World Athletics

World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

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1980 Summer Olympics boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was the largest boycott in Olympic history and one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Ben Plucknett and 1980 Summer Olympics boycott are Congressional Gold Medal recipients.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Plucknett