Trump Gives Medal of Freedom to Olympian, Former Lawmaker Jim Ryun
- Jim Ryun represented Kansas in Congress from 1996 to 2006
- He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics, ran in others
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President Donald Trump gave one of the highest civilian honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to a former Kansas Republican congressman who won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Former Representative Jim Ryun, 73, served Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District from 1996 to 2006. Prior to his terms in office, he medaled in the 1,500-meter race at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. He also competed in the 1964 and 1972 Olympic Games.