Clarence Houser

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1924 Paris	Shot put
Gold	1924 Paris	Discus throw
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	Discus throw

Lemuel Clarence ("Bud") Houser (born September 25, 1901 in Winigan, Missouri – died October 1, 1994 in Gardena, California) was an American field athlete.

Houser went to college in Oxnard, California and between 1920-22 he participated in the California State Track Meets. His six wins in shot put and discus, each time breaking a state record, made him the most successful meet participant ever [1]. During this time he developed a discus-throwing style of doing one and a half rapid turns in the circle before release that has been copied by many later athletes.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Houser won the gold medal in the shot put, ahead of fellow Americans Glenn Hartanft and Ralph Hills and in the discus, ahead of the Finn Vilho Niittymaa and the American Thomas Lieb. This was the last time an athlete has won both the shot put and discus in the Olympics.

He won national championships in the discus in 1925, 1926, and 1928, and in the shot put in 1921 and 1925. On April 3, 1926 in Palo Alto, he set a world record with a discus throw of 48.20 m.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam he was flag bearer for the United States team. There he retained his title in discuss-throwing, again leading a Finn Antero Kivi and an American James Corson.

Houser became a dentist with a practice in Palm Springs, California.

Records
Preceded by Glenn Hartranft	Men's Discus World Record Holder April 2, 1926 – March 9, 1929	Succeeded by Eric Krenz

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