What is Horace Ashenfelter?
[[File:Ashenfelten USA 3000m Steeple Chase, Bestanddeelnr 905-2434.jpg|thumb|Horace Ashenfelter]] '''Horace Ashenfelter III''' (January 23, 1923 &ndash; January 6, 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/horace-ashenfelter-1.html |title=Horace Ashenfelter |access-date=April 1, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215054207/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/horace-ashenfelter-1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2011 }}</ref> was an American [[Track and field athletics|athlete]]. He competed in international athletics from 1947 to 1956. He was born in [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania|Collegeville]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the [[steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] at [[Helsinki]] with a devastating surge following the final water jump. He was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]] in 1975. Ashenfelter died in [[West Orange, New Jersey]] on January 6, 2018 at the age of 94.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news | url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/obituaries/horace-ashenfelter-dead-olympic-steeplechase.html | title=Horace Ashenfelter, Olympic Victor of a Cold War Showdown, Dies at 94 | work=The New York Times | date=7 January 2018 | last1=McFadden | first1=Robert D. }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.runningpast.com/horace_ashenfelter.htm Running Past profile] {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashenfelter, Horace}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:American long-distance runners]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New Jersey]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania]]