# @oberlincollege on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-LexsDIoyw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26215765-oberlincollege-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-02T19:32:33.000+00:00

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Did you know that Oberlin has some *golden* ties to the Olympics that took place exactly a century ago? Dea Kinsey Andrews ’61 MAT ’65 shares a sweet memory about her father, Dan Kinsey MA ’35, who later had a major impact on campus:

“The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris represent 100 years since my father, Dan Kinsey MA ’35, won a gold medal in the 110-meter high hurdles at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He taught at Oberlin for nearly 30 years, starting in the late 1920s. Besides teaching general physical education, he coached track and field, cross country, and swimming, and occasionally coached tennis, fencing, and wrestling when needed. 

I also remember him calling square dances and leading folk dancing. At that time folk dancing was very popular among students, so at prom time my father would arrange for an alternative dance to be held at the same time. His growing interest in recreational leadership led him to teach a course in this discipline. Many Friday nights he created a space where students could come to socialize and play games.

In 1987, my father was posthumously inducted into the John W. Heisman Club Hall of Fame. The college’s indoor track field was named after him, as is the annual Dan Kinsey Invitational.

My father had been very good at many sports all through school and into college, and his father was always very much part of his successes. And so, when my father won the Olympics, he sent a telegram to my grandfather, saying, “Pops, we did it!” I still have the special Sèvres vase given to all gold medal winners that year, as well as his Olympic shorts, shirt with his number safety pinned to it, and terry cloth robe. The gold medal is now with his grandson and namesake, Dan Kinsey.”

Coincidentally, future Oberlin President William Edwards Stevenson was also on the same Olympic team—and won a gold medal, in the 4x400 meters relay. 🏅 #GoYeo

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| oberlincollege | @oberlincollege | https://gondola.cc/oberlincollege | University |
| Dae Williams | @daeqwill | https://gondola.cc/daeqwill | Social Media Strategist |

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