Honors and Awards
O'Brien won the Olympic gold medal for decathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and also won gold medals at the 1991, 1993, and 1995 World Championships in Athletics.
Shortly after his gold medal performance at the 1996 Olympics, O'Brien was honored with "Dan O'Brien Day" by the state of Idaho and a parade by the city of Moscow in mid-August.
O'Brien was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, along with Dave Johnson. In 2006, he was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. And he was inducted into the University of Idaho Sports Hall of Fame with the large inaugural class of 2007.
In 2010, Henley High School honored O'Brien by renaming its football field after the athlete.
In 2012, O'Brien was elected into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.
The University of Idaho's outdoor track and field venue was named for O'Brien in 1996. The complex underwent a $2.5 million renovation in 2011–12, and he was on hand in Moscow in May 2012 to rededicate it.
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