Dick Cochran

Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	1960 Rome	Discus throw

Dick Cochran (born 23 June 1938) is a retired American track athlete.

He competed won the bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, behind fellow Americans Al Oerter and Rink Babka.

A native of Brookfield, Missouri, Cochran was on the University of Missouri track and field team. He won two NCAA discus championships in 1959 and 1960. He participated in the 1959 Pan American Games as well. Cochran won Big Eight Conference discus crowns in 1959 and '60, and achieved a track-and-field rarity in 1959, when he was a grand-slam winner in discus, claiming championships in the Texas, Kansas, and Drake Relays. Cochran still continues to dominate in discus in the senior olympic games recently held in Washington state.His grandson Richard Cochran the third, will take the fame away from him in swimming. He is going to be in the 2012 Olympics. He has dominated in state meetings.

References

• Sports Reference

Persondata
Name	Cochran, Dick
Alternative names	Cochran, Richard Lee
Short description	American discus thrower
Date of birth	June 23, 1938
Place of birth	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Date of death
Place of death