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Shambel Abebe Bikila (Amharic: ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while running barefoot. [3]
Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner.She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres.
Laura Esther Galván Rodríguez [a] (born 5 October 1991) [2] is a Mexican long-distance runner.She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [3]
Barefoot running, also called "natural running", is the act of running without footwear. With the advent of modern footwear, running barefoot has become less common in most parts of the world but is still practiced in parts of Africa and Latin America. In some Western countries, barefoot running has grown in popularity due to perceived health ...
María Lorena Ramírez Hernández (born January 1, 1995) is an indigenous long-distance runner belonging to the Rarámuri ethnic group. She lives in Rejocochi, a small community in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. [1]
Holds current Olympic record Mamo Wolde Ethiopia: 1968 1972 Dimitrion Yordanidis Greece: Oldest man to complete a marathon, at age 98 [7] Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia: 1952 (6) 1956 Won Olympic gold in his first marathon in Olympic record time Sondre Nordstad Moen Norway: 2:05:48 First european runner to finish under 2:06:00 (Fukuoka, 2017).
EUGENE, Ore. — Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old from Bullis School outside Washington D.C., finished sixth with a time of 44.94 in Monday’s 400-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
The winner had run 2:09:28. In those same Games he ran a 28:44 in the 10,000 meter race and was only about 30 seconds behind the leaders. He ran marathons in the 2:20 range on a regular basis both before and after the 1968 Olympics. He was a world class runner for most of the 1960s and 1970s.