1937
Ron Clarke, Australian long-distance runner. Clarke held the world record in the 10,000 meter run from 1963 to 1972, won a bronze medal in the 10,000m in the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympics and won a silver medal in the 1966 (Kingston) Commonwealth Games.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
February 5 Birthdays
1937
Gaston Roelants, Belgian distance runner. Roelants was a four-time world cross-country champion (1962, 1967, 1969, 1972), the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic gold medalist in the 3000m steeplechase, and set world records in the steeplechase in 1963 (8:29.6) and 1965 (8:26.4).
Gaston Roelants, Belgian distance runner. Roelants was a four-time world cross-country champion (1962, 1967, 1969, 1972), the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic gold medalist in the 3000m steeplechase, and set world records in the steeplechase in 1963 (8:29.6) and 1965 (8:26.4).
Monday, September 28, 2009
September 28 Birthdays
1937
Bob Schul, United States, distance runner. Bob Schul won the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games 5,000m, running 13:48.8. To this date, he is the only American athlete to ever win an Olympic championship at 5,000m. Schul also set a world record of 13:26.4 for the indoor three-mile run in 1963.
Bob Schul, United States, distance runner. Bob Schul won the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games 5,000m, running 13:48.8. To this date, he is the only American athlete to ever win an Olympic championship at 5,000m. Schul also set a world record of 13:26.4 for the indoor three-mile run in 1963.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
September 22 Birthdays
1937
Buddy Edelen, United States, long-distance runner. Leonard Graves Edelen was the first American athlete to crack 2:20:00 in the marathon as well as the first under 30:00 in the 10,000m. In 1962 he won the Polytechnic Marathon, running a world-best mark of 2:14:28, the first time anyone had run a marathon under 2:15:00. At the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games he finished sixth in the marathon. I first learned of Edelen in a chapter devoted to his career in Leonard Shecter's 1969 book The Jocks. More recently Frank Murphy wrote an entire book devoted to Edelen's athletic career, the 2000 biography A Cold Clear Day. Edelen died on 19 February 1997.
1958
Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal, hurdler. After an early flirtation with the high jump, El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba became a 400m hurdles specialist, making the final in the men's 400m hurdles in the 1983 (Helsinki) World Championships and winning a silver medal in that event at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games, running 47.23.
1961
Jack Buckner, Great Britain, middle-distance runner. Running in the shadow of Steve Ovett and Seb Coe, Jack Richard Buckner moved up from the 1,500m/mile to the 5,000m. In the longer event he placed second in the 1986 (Edinburgh) Commonwealth Games, running 13:25.87 behind Ovett. Later that year he set the European Championships record of 13:10.15 in the men's 5,000m. Buckner went on to win a bronze medal in the men's 5,000m at the 1987 (Rome) World Championships and represent Britain in the 5,000m in the 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona) Olympic Games.
1964
Tibor Gécsek, Hungary, hammer thrower. After winning bronze medals in the hammer at the 1993 (Stuttgart) and 1995 (Gothenburg) world championships, Tibor Gécsek tested positive for drugs and received a two-year ban from the IAAF. Even so, I didn't think it would be healthy to ignore the birthday of a man who has thrown the hammer 83.68m.
Buddy Edelen, United States, long-distance runner. Leonard Graves Edelen was the first American athlete to crack 2:20:00 in the marathon as well as the first under 30:00 in the 10,000m. In 1962 he won the Polytechnic Marathon, running a world-best mark of 2:14:28, the first time anyone had run a marathon under 2:15:00. At the 1964 (Tokyo) Olympic Games he finished sixth in the marathon. I first learned of Edelen in a chapter devoted to his career in Leonard Shecter's 1969 book The Jocks. More recently Frank Murphy wrote an entire book devoted to Edelen's athletic career, the 2000 biography A Cold Clear Day. Edelen died on 19 February 1997.
1958
Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal, hurdler. After an early flirtation with the high jump, El Hadj Amadou Dia Ba became a 400m hurdles specialist, making the final in the men's 400m hurdles in the 1983 (Helsinki) World Championships and winning a silver medal in that event at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games, running 47.23.
1961
Jack Buckner, Great Britain, middle-distance runner. Running in the shadow of Steve Ovett and Seb Coe, Jack Richard Buckner moved up from the 1,500m/mile to the 5,000m. In the longer event he placed second in the 1986 (Edinburgh) Commonwealth Games, running 13:25.87 behind Ovett. Later that year he set the European Championships record of 13:10.15 in the men's 5,000m. Buckner went on to win a bronze medal in the men's 5,000m at the 1987 (Rome) World Championships and represent Britain in the 5,000m in the 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona) Olympic Games.
1964
Tibor Gécsek, Hungary, hammer thrower. After winning bronze medals in the hammer at the 1993 (Stuttgart) and 1995 (Gothenburg) world championships, Tibor Gécsek tested positive for drugs and received a two-year ban from the IAAF. Even so, I didn't think it would be healthy to ignore the birthday of a man who has thrown the hammer 83.68m.
Friday, September 4, 2009
September 4 Birthdays
1937
Malcolm Clive Spence, South Africa, sprinter. Spence won the bronze medal for 400m at the 1960 (Rome) Olympic Games.
1957
Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzania, long-distance runner. Shahanga won the 1978 Commonwealth Games marathon (2:15.40) and also represented his county in that event at the 1980 (Moscow) Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 1982 Commonwealth Games 10,000m, running 28:10.15. Shahanga's other major marathon wins include the 1979 African Championships, Rotterdam (1984), and Berlin (1989).
1964
Robson Caetano da Silva, Brazil, Sprinter. Da Silva won the bronze medal for 200m at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games, where he also ran on Brazil's bronze-medal winning 4 x 100m relay team. Da Silva is a four-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) for Brazil.
1966
Jearls Miles Clark, United States, sprinter/middle distance runner. Clark ran on the United States Olympic team four times: 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens). She was also an alternate for the 400m in 1988. Clark won the 400m at the World Championships in 1993 (Stuttgart) and was a bronze medalist in that event in 1995 (Gothenburg) and 1997 (Athens). She set American records in the 800m in 1997 (1:56.78), 1998 (1:56.43), and 1999 (1:56.40); she finished sixth in that event at the 2004 (Athens) Olympic Games, running 1:57.27.
1974
Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexico, sprinter. Alejandro Cárdenas has competed in four Olympic Games for Mexico, running on the national 4 x 100m relay in 1992 (Barcelona) and reaching the semi-final in the 400m in 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens). He has been more successful in World Championships competition, winning the bronze medal for 400m (44.31) in 1999 (Seville).
Malcolm Clive Spence, South Africa, sprinter. Spence won the bronze medal for 400m at the 1960 (Rome) Olympic Games.
1957
Gidamis Shahanga, Tanzania, long-distance runner. Shahanga won the 1978 Commonwealth Games marathon (2:15.40) and also represented his county in that event at the 1980 (Moscow) Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 1982 Commonwealth Games 10,000m, running 28:10.15. Shahanga's other major marathon wins include the 1979 African Championships, Rotterdam (1984), and Berlin (1989).
1964
Robson Caetano da Silva, Brazil, Sprinter. Da Silva won the bronze medal for 200m at the 1988 (Seoul) Olympic Games, where he also ran on Brazil's bronze-medal winning 4 x 100m relay team. Da Silva is a four-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) for Brazil.
1966
Jearls Miles Clark, United States, sprinter/middle distance runner. Clark ran on the United States Olympic team four times: 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens). She was also an alternate for the 400m in 1988. Clark won the 400m at the World Championships in 1993 (Stuttgart) and was a bronze medalist in that event in 1995 (Gothenburg) and 1997 (Athens). She set American records in the 800m in 1997 (1:56.78), 1998 (1:56.43), and 1999 (1:56.40); she finished sixth in that event at the 2004 (Athens) Olympic Games, running 1:57.27.
1974
Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexico, sprinter. Alejandro Cárdenas has competed in four Olympic Games for Mexico, running on the national 4 x 100m relay in 1992 (Barcelona) and reaching the semi-final in the 400m in 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), and 2004 (Athens). He has been more successful in World Championships competition, winning the bronze medal for 400m (44.31) in 1999 (Seville).
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