Wednesday, May 19, 2010

May 19 Birthdays

1952
Charles "Charlie" Spedding, Great Britain, long-distance running. Charlie Spedding ran 2:09:57 at the 1984 London Marathon, which earned him a berth on the British Olympic Team. In the 1984 (Los Angeles) Olympic marathon he ran 2:09:58, finishing third behind Carlos Lopes of Portugal and John Treacy of Ireland. Spedding returned to Olympic marathon competition in 1988 (Seoul), finishing sixth in 2:12:19.

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