Jim Alder
British distance runner (born 1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Noel Carroll Alder MBE (born 10 June 1940) is a British former distance runner.
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Born | (1940-06-10) 10 June 1940 (age 83) Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Morpeth Harriers, Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alder, who was born in Glasgow,[1] was a foster child. His mother died of tuberculosis and his father was killed on the last day of World War II.[2] He moved to Morpeth, north of Newcastle, and became interested in running.[3]