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| name = Horace Ashenfelter
| fullname = Horace Ashenfelter, III
| image = Ashenfelten USA 3000m Steeple Chase, Bestanddeelnr 905-2434.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=y|1923|1|23}}
| birth_place = [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=y|2018|1|6|1923|1|23}}
| death_place = [[West Orange, New Jersey]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport| Men’s [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]] }}
{{MedalCompetition| [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1955 Pan American Games|1955 Mexico City]] | [[Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games|5000 metres]] }}
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'''Horace Ashenfelter III''' (January 23, 1923 &ndash; January 6, 2018)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/horace-ashenfelter-1.html |title=Horace Ashenfelter |access-date=April 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |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. During his career he won fifteen national [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] titles and three collegiate national titles.

==Biography==
Ashenfelter was born in [[Collegeville, Pennsylvania]], where he attended Collegeville High School. He completed his degree at [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]], where he was a member of [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity, and served in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] as a pilot and gunnery instructor during [[World War II]].<ref name=nytobit/>

Although he was considered a long shot, Ashenfelter was the surprise winner of the [[steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] at [[Helsinki]] with a dramatic surge on the last lap following the final water jump after trailing substantially early in the race. In what was considered an early athletic [[Cold war]] battle, he finished ahead of [[Vladimir Kazantsev (athlete)|Vladimir Kazantsev]] of the [[USSR]] and [[John Disley]] of [[Great Britain]], and broke Kazantsev's unofficial [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] (the [[IAAF]] did not accept official records in the steeplechase until 1954) in the process. Since Ashenfelter worked for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]],<ref name=nytobit/> it led to humorous comments about him being the first American spy who allowed himself to be chased by a Russian. In addition, Ashenfelter won the [[James E. Sullivan Award|Sullivan Award]] as outstanding amateur athlete for the year 1952.

Ashenfelter won the [[Millrose Games]] two-mile run from 1952 to 1955 and again in 1957. His best winning time was in 1954 at 8:53.3.  He won the [[USA Cross Country Championships]] back-to-back in 1954–1955, three years after his Olympian younger brother [[Bill Ashenfelter]] had won the same championship, the only set of brothers to both win the event.

He was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]] in 1975, the Millrose Games Hall of Fame in 2001 as a five-time champion and the [[National Distance Running Hall of Fame]] in 2012. He was inducted into the [[Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey]] in 1998.<ref>[http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/110712aac.html "Ashenfelter to be Inducted into Philadelphia Sports Hall of FameFormer Nittany Lion standout and Olympic gold medalist to be recognized"], [[Penn State University]], November 7, 2012. Accessed January 7, 2018. "He has been inducted into a number of Hall of Fames over the years, including the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975 and the New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame in 1998."</ref>

==Personal life==
Ashenfelter lived in [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey]], where the Ashenfelter 8k Classic is held annually in his honor.<ref name=nytobit/><ref>[http://www.ashenfelterclassic.com/ A8KClassic]</ref> The indoor track facility at his alma mater, Penn State, is named in his honor.<ref>[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/c-track/auto_pdf/facility-records.pdf Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track]</ref>

Ashenfelter died at a nursing home in [[West Orange, New Jersey]], on January 6, 2018, 17 days before his 95th birthday.<ref name=nytobit>[[Robert D. McFadden|McFadden, Robert D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/obituaries/horace-ashenfelter-dead-olympic-steeplechase.html?_r=0 "Horace Ashenfelter, Olympic Victor of a Cold War Showdown, Dies at 94"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 7, 2018. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Horace Ashenfelter, an American runner who set a world record in the steeplechase at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, beating an overwhelmingly favored Soviet champion in what was billed as a test of Cold War supremacy, died on Saturday morning in a nursing home in West Orange, N.J.... He retired in 1993 but continued to run frequently in Glen Ridge, N.J., where he lived. The town’s annual Thanksgiving Day run is called the Ashenfelter eight-kilometer classic."</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Wallechinsky, David and Jamie Loucky (2008). "Track & Field (Men): 3000-Meter Steeplechase". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics – 2008 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp.&nbsp;169–70.

==External links==
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* [http://www.runningpast.com/horace_ashenfelter.htm Running Past profile]
* {{USATF Hall of Fame|id=6}}

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