Daniel Dion O'Brien (born July 18, 1966) is an American former decathlete and Olympic gold medalist. He won the Olympic title in 1996, three consecutive world championships (1991, 1993, 1995), and set the world record in 1992. More about Dan O'Brien
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O'Brien was born in Portland, Oregon in 1966. He is of African American and Finnish heritage, and grew up as an adopted child in an Irish-American family in Klamath Falls. He attended Henley High School graduating in 1984. At the Oregon High School State Championships he led his team to a team runner-up finish with O'Brien scoring all points. He earned four individual gold medals winning the 110 meter high hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, long jump and 100 yard dash. He then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, where he competed in track and field for the Vandals. After initially flunking out of the university and then incurring legal difficulties, O'Brien attended Spokane Falls Community College, a community college in Spokane, Washington in 1987-1988. He returned to the UI to compete for the Vandal track team, and complete his bachelor's degree.In total, we tracked 94 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Dan O'Brien (Dan O'Brien USA Olympic Track SIGNED 8x10 Photo COA!) was sold in October 2013 for $40.00 while the cheapest item (Brendan Prairie by Dan O'Brien (1996, Hardcover), signed 1st Edition) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2020. The month with the most items sold (5) was August 2008 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Dan O'Brien. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2013 with $32.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2009. In average, an autographed item from Dan O'Brien is worth $6.75.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dan O'Brien were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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DAN O'BRIEN USA AUTOGRAPHED CARD | $4.95 | ||
DAN O'BRIEN autograph on first day cover, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL - DECATHLON 1996 | $10.00 | ||
DAN O'BRIEN AUTOGRAPH, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST IN DECATHALON, ON COVER | $7.00 | ||
Dan O'Brien Decathlete,1996 Gold Medalist 1996 Olympics Signed Newsweek July 22, | $32.00 | ||
Dan O'Brien Olympic Gold Decathlete Track Field HOF Signed Autograph Photo Card | $9.99 | ||
DAN O'BRIEN Signed 1992 Impel USA US OLYMPIC Card PSA/DNA | $22.00 | ||
Dan O'Brien Signed 8x10 photograph 1996 Gold Medal Decathlon | $19.95 | ||
Dan O'Brien signed autographed 4x4 photo Olympic Gold Medalist Decathlon 1996 | $2.25 | ||
Dan O'Brien Signed Index Card 3x5 Autographed Decathlon Olympics 66311 | $9.95 | ||
Dan O'Brien US Olympic Gold Decathlon Signed Autograph FDC | $16.99 |
UHC Names Dan O'Brien New Vice President of Finance (07/18/12): CHICAGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UHC announces the appointment of Dan O'Brien as vice president of finance. O'Brien will manage all of UHC's finance-related activities, including the development ...
Live chat with Olympic decathlete legend Dan O'Brien (07/18/12): From 1991 to 1996, Dan O'Brien was arguably the world's greatest athlete. During this five-year stretch, he won three consecutive world decathlon titles, a world indoor heptathlon championship, and capped it all off by winning a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Former record-holder Dan O'Brien has high hopes for Ashton Eaton at Olympics (06/28/12): When Dan O'Brien arrived for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials last week at Hayward Field, he sensed something magical could unfold in the decathlon. Call it a premonition.
U.S. Olympic Trials: Dan O'Brien, decathlon champion says records are made to be (06/23/12): Dan O'Brien, U.S. record-holder in the decathlon, says it's time for that mark to be broken. After eight events, Ashton Eaton could do it.
Decathlon champs Bruce Jenner, Bill Toomey, Rafer Johnson and Dan O'Brien remini (06/23/12): To them, there is no debate about who earns the title "World's Greatest Athlete.''
UHC Names Dan O'Brien New Vice President of Finance (07/2012): CHICAGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UHC announces the appointment of Dan O'Brien as vice president of finance. O'Brien will manage all of UHC's finance-related activities, including the development ...
U.S. Olympic Trials: Dan O'Brien, decathlon champion says records are made to be (06/2012): Dan O'Brien, U.S. record-holder in the decathlon, says it's time for that mark to be broken. After eight events, Ashton Eaton could do it.