High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas "Tom" Francis Kiely (August 25, 1869 – November 6, 1951) was an Irish athlete who competed mainly in the all-round Championship, the forerunner of the Modern Decathlon.He competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri in the all-round, which consisted of 100 y run, shot put, high jump, 880 y walk, hammer throw, pole vault, 120 y hurdles, 56 pounds weight throw, long jump and 1 mile run. He won the Gold medal.Tom was thirty-four years old at this time. The British team had approached him with promises of his fare and expenses, and American sponsorship was also offered but, as a committed nationalist, he decided to go on his own, representing his native country. He raised the fare partly by selling many of the prizes he had won over the years and sailed for the States at the end of May.

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