PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/734434.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Decathlon Olympic Champion Bob Mathias Documentary Released on DVD http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1205294.htm In conjunction with the 60th anniversary of Bob Mathias' first Olympic Gold Medal when he was only seventeen years old, Dreamkeeper Films announces the DVD release of 'Bob Mathias: Hometown Hero', a 53- minute documentary to commemorate this great achievement. The film features the last interview given by the two-time Olympic Gold Medallist, who passed away on September 2nd, 2006, after a long battle with cancer. In this film, Mathias tells his own story of coming from humble beginnings in Tulare, CA, quickly becoming a huge sports icon comparable to modern figures such as Michael Phelps , Bret Favre or Tiger Woods. Mathias became the youngest Olympic gold medallist in a track and field event in 1948, when he won the www.heroesfilm.com [decathlon] at seventeen during two miserable days of London fog, turning back the world's best. (PRWeb Aug 14, 2008)

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