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  1.                                  beating the second-place
  2.                                  finisher in the decathlon 
  3.                                  by the largest margin in
  4.                                  Olympic history. In doing
  5.                                  so, he also became the
  6. first person ever to win two straight Olympic 
  7. decathlons.  During his career, Bob won all
  8. 11 decathlons he entered.
  9.  
  10. When his athletic career was over, Bob kept 
  11. busy. He appeared in four movies and 
  12. served as a United States congressman
  13. from California for eight years.
  14.