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Robert A. "Bob" Kiesel (August 30 , 1911 - August 6 , 1993 ) was an American athlete , winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics .
As an University of California student, Robert Kiesel won the IC4A championships in both 100 m and 200 m in 1934 and 220 yd in 1932 .
At the Los Angeles Olympics , Kiesel ran the opening leg in the American 4x100 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 40.0.
Robert Kiesel died in Boise, Idaho, aged 81.
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay 1912 Great Britain David Jacobs , Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth 1920 United States Charlie Paddock , Jackson Scholz , Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey 1924 United States Loren Murchison , Louis Clarke , Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey 1928 United States Frank Wykoff , James Quinn , Charles Borah & Henry Russell 1932 United States Robert Kiesel , Emmett Toppino , Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff 1936 United States Jesse Owens , Ralph Metcalfe , Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff 1948 United States Barney Ewell , Lorenzo Wright , Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton 1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard , Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield 1956 United States Ira Murchison , Leamon King , Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow 1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann , Armin Hary , Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer 1964 United States Otis Drayton , Gerald Ashworth , Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes 1968 United States Charles Greene , Melvin Pender , Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines 1972 United States Larry Black , Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart 1976 United States Harvey Glance , John Wesley Jones , Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick 1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov , Nikolay Sidorov , Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev 1984 United States Sam Graddy , Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis 1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin , Vladimir Krylov , Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin 1992 United States Mike Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis 1996 Canada Robert Esmie , Glenroy Gilbert , Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey 2000 United States Jon Drummond , Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene 2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis