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Before winning a gold medal at the Olympics, where did Rafer Johnson win his first gold?

  • Commonwealth Games

  • Pan American Games

  • World Championships

  • Intercontinental Cup

Answer

Rafer Johnson won his first gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1955. He then went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Johnson is considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time, and he is still the only American to have won the decathlon at both the Pan American Games and the Olympics.
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