Ron Hill
Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, but never won the marathon world record.[1]
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Born | Accrington, Lancashire, England | 25 September 1938||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 May 2021 | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers, Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1964, 1968, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He ran two Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972). In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon.
Hill died on 23 May 2021, at the age of 82.[2]
References
- ↑ A Brief Chat with Ron Hill Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 28 September 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- ↑ "Ron Hill: Former European and Commonwealth marathon champion dies aged 82". BBC Sports. Retrieved 24 May 2021.