Ron Hill
British long distance runner (1938–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world record.[nb 1] He ran two Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972), and achieved a personal marathon record of 2:09:28.[4] In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30. He also won gold medals for the marathon at the European Championships in 1969 and the Commonwealth Games in 1970. Hill laid claim to the longest streak of consecutive days running – every day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017.
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Born | (1938-09-25)25 September 1938 Accrington, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 May 2021(2021-05-23) (aged 82) Hyde, Cheshire, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Clayton-Le-Moors Harriers, Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1964, 1968, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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