Friday, June 4, 2010

June 4 Birthdays

1957
John Treacy, Ireland, distance runner. Treacy had his greatest international success in cross country, winning the World Cross Country Championships in 1978 (Glasgow) and 1979 (Limerick). He was also a four-time Olympian for Ireland from 1980 to 1992, most notably winning the silver medal in the Olympic marathon in the 1984 (Los Angeles) Olympics, running 2:09:56.

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