Dick Traum, Date of Birth
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American disability runner
Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1940
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Dick Traum
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- Dick Traum is the founder of the Achilles Track Club for disabled athletes.
- In 1976 he completed the New York City Marathon, becoming the first runner to complete such an event with a prosthetic leg.
- In the 1980s he became the first amputee to finish a 100 km ultra event, in Poland.Terry Fox credited reading an article about Traum's marathon running with inspiring his cross-Canada run for cancer research.In 2010, Traum was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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