Rafer Johnson
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Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson is an American former decathlete, film actor and member of Art of the Olympians. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist, after getting a silver in 1956 and a gold in the 1955 Pan American Games. He was also the flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic Flame when the Olympics came to Los Angeles in 1984...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDecathlete
Date of Birth18 August 1935
CityHillsboro, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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