Question: What four-time Olympic gold medalist did Francis Xavier Cretzmeyer, Jr. often come in second to?

Context articles: Steve Fraser
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral and Library
Al Joyner
Ludger Beerbaum
Switzerland at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Francis X. Cretzmeyer
Hannes Kolehmainen
Jesse Owens
Janica Kostelić
Vallavilai

Steve Fraser was the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 198 lb weight class.
 A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at the University of Michigan.
 Fraser's gold medal was the first Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling followed the next night by Jeff Blatnick who won a second gold medal for the United States Olympic team.
 Fraser has served as coach of the US Greco Roman team since 1997.
 2000 Olympic Gold medalist Rulon Gardner credits Fraser's instruction as a large part of his wrestling success.
 The year Fraser competed the USA won 9 Gold Medals in wrestling, the largest in a single Olympics since 1896.
The St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (also known as the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, or simply "The Old Cathedral") is a Roman Catholic church in Vincennes, Indiana.
 The basilica is named for Francis Xavier, a 16th-century Jesuit apostle, and is located opposite George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, at 205 Church Street.
 Jesuit missionaries established St. Francis Xavier parish around 1734, making it the oldest Catholic parish in Indiana.
 Its earliest parish records date from 1749.
 The present Greek Revival-style basilica, built on or near the site of two earlier Catholic churches, dates from 1826.
 St. Francis Xavier has ties to six Roman Catholic dioceses in North America: the Diocese of Quebec, Canada, the Diocese of Baltimore, Maryland, the Diocese of Bardstown, Kentucky, the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana, the Diocese of Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Diocese of Evansville, Indiana.
 In 1834, when Pope Gregory XVI erected the Diocese of Vincennes, St. Francis Xavier was elevated to a cathedral and served as the seat of the episcopal see from 1834 to 1898.
 The seat of the diocese was moved to Indianapolis in 1878, and in 1898 the episcopal see was renamed the Diocese of Indianapolis.
 On 14 March 1970 Pope Paul VI elevated St. Francis Xavier Cathedral to the status of Basilica (minor basilica), "an honor reserved for only the most historic churches."
Alfrederick "Al" Joyner (born January 19, 1960) is an American former athlete and now coach.
 He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois.
 He is the 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump.
 He was also the husband of three-time Olympic gold medalist and world 100 m and 200 m record holder Florence Griffith Joyner and is the brother of three-time Olympic gold medalist and world heptathlon record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Ludger Beerbaum (born 26 August 1963 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an internationally successful German equestrian who competes in show jumping and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions.
 He is also a four-time Olympic Gold medalist team and individual.
Switzerland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014.
 163 athletes were participating, making it the largest team Switzerland has ever sent to the Olympic Winter Games.
 The four-time Olympic gold medalist Simon Ammann was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.
Francis Xavier Cretzmeyer, Jr. (January 7, 1913 – April 2, 2001) was the greatest track and field coach at the University of Iowa in the 20th century, leading their team the Hawkeyes to multiple Big Ten team titles.
 Before being a coach, he was a superb athlete, but prevented from claiming individual titles by having the misfortune of being a contemporary of the legendary Jesse Owens, which meant that Cretzmeyer regularly came in second to Owens at Big Ten track meets.
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (   ; 9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic Gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running.
 He was the first in a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns".
 Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish American Athletic Club.
 He also enlisted in the 14th Regiment of the National Guard of New York, and became a U.S. citizen in 1921.
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Games.
Janica Kostelić (] ; born 5 January 1982) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia.
 In addition to the Olympics, she has won five gold medals at the World Championships.
 In World Cup competition, she has won thirty individual races, three overall titles, three slalom titles, and four (unofficial) combined titles.
 Kostelic's accomplishments in professional skiing have led some commentators, writers, and fellow ski racers to regard her as the greatest female ski racer of all time.
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Vallavilai is located north-west to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) and south-east to Trivandrum (capital of Kerala).
 This place has historical importance since the Portuguese invasion in India.
 St. Francis Xavier was visiting the coast from Punnalkayal to Kanyakumari in November – December 1544.
 After had a rich mission experience at the Fishery Coast, St. Francis Xavier entered into the Travancore Kingdom.
 When St. Xavier planned for a general conversion, he might have come to the Travancore Coast that extended from Kanyakumari to Quilon.
 Though there was a large population of infidels living outside the coast Francis Xavier tried first to convert the people of the coast.
 On December 1544, 10000 Mukkuva fishermen living in thirteen villages along the coast and Vallavilai is one among them.
 Vallavilai plays a vital role in Kollemcode panchayat's development.