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David Burnett
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Contact Press Images for ESPN Magazine
01 August, 2004
The Athens Summer Olympic Games: Discus thrower Hannes Hopley (South Africa) recovers after his attempt in the medal round, in which he was placed eighth.
David Burnett
David Burnett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1946. He began working as a freelancer for Time, and later for Life magazine in the 1960s. After two years in Vietnam, and the dem...
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