Who was the other decathletes that Dan & Dave was meant to generate excitement and support for other than the decathlete native of Montana?
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Dan &amp; Dave Dan & Dave was an advertising and merchandising campaign by American shoe manufacturer Reebok during the build-up to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The promotion was meant to generate excitement and support for the Olympic competition between American decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson. However, the campaign had to be modified when O'Brien failed to qualify for the Olympics.
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Dave Johnson (decathlete) David Allen "Dave" Johnson (born April 7, 1963) is a former Olympic decathlete from the United States. A native of Montana, he grew up in Missoula and Corvallis, Oregon. He was part of Reebok's "Dan & Dave" advertising campaign, with fellow decathalete Dan O'Brien, leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he won a bronze medal in the decathlon. After retiring from competitive athletics he became a school teacher and administrator, and served as athletic director of Corban University in Salem, Oregon starting in 2009. On November 14, 2012, Johnson resigned from the position to pursue a position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Johnson accepted a position as Director with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Oregon in June 2013. He now coaches all field events at South Salem High School.
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Debbie Tanner Debbie Tanner (born 8 October 1982 in Auckland) is a triathlete from New Zealand, who placed fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Bob Roll Bob "Bobke" Roll (born July 7, 1960, in Oakland, California) is an American former professional cyclist, author, and television sports commentator. He was a member of the 7-Eleven Cycling Team until 1990 and competed for the Motorola Cycling Team in 1991. In 1992 Roll moved to Greg LeMond's Z team and added mountain biking to his racing accomplishments. Roll continued racing mountain bikes professionally through 1998. Roll is known in the cycling world, and to his global cable television fans, fondly, as "Bobke".
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Wang Dan (triathlete) Wang Dan (; born January 17, 1980) is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. She competes in triathlon.
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Sten Ekberg Sten Anders Ekberg (born 25 December 1964 in Täby, Sweden) is a former decathlon athlete who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics for Sweden. Sten Ekberg won the Swedish Championship Title in both Decathlon and Heptathlon. Sten Ekberg is currently living in the United States working as a chiropractor and nutritionist at his office Wellness For Life in Cumming, Georgia.
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Vladimir Drachev Vladimir Petrovich Drachev (Russian: Владимир Петрович Драчёв , born 7 March 1966) is a former Soviet, Russian and Belarusian biathlete. He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002. Drachev has four world championship titles in his career (two individually and two for teams). He also has two olympic relay medals for Russia (silver in 1994, and bronze in 1998).
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Daniel Mazur Dan Mazur is a contemporary mountain climber most widely known for leading Greg Mortenson's 1993 K2 expedition in "Three Cups of Tea" and for the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber on Mount Everest on May 25, 2006. Lincoln Hall had been 'left for dead' by another expedition team the previous day at around 8600 meters on Everest after collapsing and failing to respond to treatment on the descent from the summit. Mazur and his fellow climbers - Andrew Brash (Canada), Myles Osborne (UK) and Jangbu Sherpa (Nepal) - in abandoning their own attempt on the summit in order to save Hall's life epitomised the noblest traditions of mountaineering, underscored by the death of British climber; David Sharp, a few days earlier.
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Jim Bausch James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (March 29, 1906 – July 9, 1974), also known as "Jarring Jim", was an American athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon.
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Dave Gallik David B. "Dave" Gallik was a Democratic Party member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 79 from 2000 to 2008.
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Scott Danberg Scott Danberg (born July 28, 1962) is a Paralympic athlete from Florida in the United States competing in F40 events. Danberg has appeared in five Paralympics representing America in track and field, swimming and powerlifting.
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Zdeňka Vejnarová Zdeňka Vejnarová (born in Jilemnice on (1981--) 22, 1981 ) is a Czech biathlete.
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Luke McKenzie Luke Jarrod McKenzie (born 26 July 1981) is an Australian professional triathlete who specializes in long distance, non-drafting triathlon events. In 2013 he took second place at the Ironman World Championship.
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Mike Maczey Mike Maczey (born 28 September 1972) is a retired German decathlete.
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Stefan Drews Stefan Drews (born February 12, 1979) is a German decathlete. He was born in Hamburg.
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Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch (born 22 May 1976) is an Austrian biathlete.
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Thomas Van der Plaetsen Thomas Van der Plaetsen (born 24 December 1990 in Ghent) is a Belgian decathlete. His biggest achievements are winning the Gold Medal for Decathlon at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, winning Bronze Medal for Heptathlon at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, and Gold Medal for Decathlon at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiade.
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Matt Miller (wide receiver) Matt Miller is an American football wide receiver for the Boise State Broncos football team. He stands between 6'3" and 6'4" tall and weighs 215 pounds. Matt Miller is well known for being named a second-team Freshman All-American from "Yahoo! Sports", and was named one of the members of the first-team Freshman All-American honors given by the Football Writers Association of America. He was also the Gatorade player of the year for high school football in montana for capital high school. Miller is a native to Montana and joined Boise State’s football team in 2010. Miller has played many different positions over the span of his football career, which includes running back, safety, punt returner, linebacker, cornerback, wildcat quarterback, and receiver.
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Peter Winter (athlete) Peter John Winter (born 17 January 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired male decathlete from Australia. He first represented Australia at the World Junior Championships in 1990. He further represented at the World Student Games in 1993. He was a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in 1994 in Victoria, Canada and first broke the Australian Record with 8074 points at that competition. He broke this record again whilst qualifying for the 1996 Summer Olympics with 8084 points after taking a year off due to an operation for a knee problem. He then competed at the 1996 Olympics in the decathlon, only to record 3 no jumps in the long jump.
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Kyle Bennett (BMX rider) Kyle Bennett (September 25, 1979 – October 14, 2012) was an American professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and Dirt Jumper whose prime competitive years were from 1999 to 2012. He earned the moniker "Butter" for his smooth riding style. On May 10, 2008 he won an automatic spot on the first US BMX Olympic team, a sport that made its debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He made it to the finals and finished sixth of the UCI World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark after winning USA Cycling's year-long series of races as the highest ranking American. and becoming the first member of the BMX Olympic team.
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Susan Dunklee Susan Dunklee (born 13 February 1986) is an American biathlete.
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Josh Billings RunAground The Josh Billings RunAground is one of the oldest triathlons, second only to Eppie's Great Race in California. It has been held in Southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts since 1976. The race consists of a 27 mile bike ride, 5 mile canoe/kayak sprint, and a 6.2 mile run. The race is named after Josh Billings, whose saying "To finish is to win" has become the motto of the race.