September 10 Birthdays

1938
Dave Edstrom, United States, decathlete. David Allen Edstrom won the decathlon at the 1959 Pan American games, scoring 7,254 points.

1946
Jim Hines, United States, sprinter. James Ray Hines was the first man to run under 10 seconds in the 100 meters, running a fully automatic timed 9.95 seconds in the event at the 1968 (Mexico City) Olympic Games and winning the gold medal. Hines world record in the 100m stood for 15 years.

1954
Silvia Chivás, Cuba, sprinter. Competing for Cuba, Silvia Chivás won the bronze medal in the women's 100m at the 1972 (Munich) Olympic Games, running 11.24.

1959
Jason Grimes, United States, long jumper. Grimes was the silver medalist in the long jump at the 1983 (Helsinki) World Championships, the first World Championships in athletics.

1961
Jörg Freimuth, Germany, high jumper. Freimuth jumped 2.31m to win the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1980 (Moscow) Olympic Games. His twin brother is Uwe Freimuth.

1961
Uwe Freimuth, Germany, decathlete. Freimuth was the East German national champion in the decathlon in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988, and scored over 8,000 points in the decathlon 24 times. None of those performances, however, was at a World Championship or an Olympic Games; his best showing at the Olympics was 7,860 points for eighth place at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games decathlon. His twin brother is Jörg Freimuth.

1972
Ghada Shouaa, Syria, heptathlete. Ghada Shouaa is the only Syrian athlete to ever win an Olympic gold medal; she won the women's heptathlon at the 1996 (Atlanta) Games with 6,780 points. Shouaa also competed in the heptathlon at the 1992 (Barcelona) and 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games, won a gold medal in the heptathlon at the 1995 (Gothenburg) World Championships, and won a bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 1999 (Seville) World Championships.

1984
Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam, Ethiopia, distance runner. Gebremariam won the World Cross Country Championship in 2009. He also had won the silver medal at the event in 2004, additionally winning the silver medal in the (thankfully) now-defunct short-course race. On the track, Gebremariam ran for Ethiopia at the 2004 (Athens) Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the 5,000m in 13:15.35.