Olympic champion Jim Hartung dead at 65

Jim Hartung, a erstwhile U.S. Olympic gymnast who won golden successful 1984 and was a subordinate of the Nebraska Cornhuskers nationalist title teams, has died, the schoolhouse said. He was 65.

Nebraska announced Hartung’s decease connected Monday. He was an adjunct gymnastics manager for the Big Ten schoolhouse for the past 19 seasons.

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Jim Hartung of the USA competes successful level workout during the Men's Gymnastics lawsuit of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games connected July 31, 1984 astatine Pauley Pavilion connected the field of UCLA successful Los Angeles, California. (David Madison/Getty Images)

"The Nebraska Athletic Department is profoundly saddened to denote the passing of adjunct men’s gymnastics manager Jim Hartung connected Saturday night," Nebraska athletics said. "Our condolences spell retired to Jim’s family, friends, and everyone helium has impacted during his singular beingness successful gymnastics from a nationalist champion jock astatine Nebraska to an Olympic golden medalist to a palmy coach.

"Jim is simply a existent Husker fable and his interaction connected the athletics of gymnastics volition transportation connected for decades to come. Our section volition supply each disposable resources and enactment for our men’s gymnastics student-athletes and coaching unit during this precise hard time."

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Jim Hartung of the USA is congratulated by teammates during the Men's Gymnastics lawsuit of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games connected July 31, 1984 astatine Pauley Pavilion connected the field of UCLA successful Los Angeles, California. (David Madison/Getty Images)

The origin of decease was not announced.

Hartung won 7 idiosyncratic NCAA titles during his clip with the Cornhuskers. He won 2 all-around titles successful 1981 and 1982 earlier helium graduated. Nebraska won 4 nationalist championships from 1979 to 1982.

He made much past erstwhile helium appeared for the red, achromatic and bluish astatine the Olympic Games successful Los Angeles aft boycotting the Games successful 1980, which took spot successful Moscow. He was a portion of Team USA’s lone squad golden medal successful men’s gymnastics.

The American men's gymnastics squad celebrates portion receiving the golden medals they won astatine the 1984 Summer Olympic Games successful Los Angeles, California. (Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Hartung has 4 children.

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