He has won gol medals in decathlon at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. Stefanie Reid has also won a gold medal at the 2014 European Championships and 2017 World Championships. 4 List of British middle-distance runners - FamousFix List Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah CBE OLY (Arabic: ; born 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. British middle-distance athlete and neurologist Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister was the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes. Also, they did a full xc season and the relays every autumn/spring. He had previously also been part of the British Army. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. An enthusiastic runner since his student life, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, began participating in professional events from the age of nineteen, eventually winning a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1928 Olympic Games and a silver at 1932 Olympics. Male middle-distance runners from Northern Ireland, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:British_male_middle-distance_runners&oldid=951603611, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 April 2020, at 23:26. The world of running has changed a lot since its British heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. 1960-09-06 Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott . In the running shop I work in, all kinds of people come in with variations of the same story. (British TV series) participants, South African female cross country runners, People educated at Woodlands Academy, Coventry. Despite my friend's talent, he had no guarantee of getting one of 12 places in the national road relays; he was a lesser light amongst a group of distance runners in the north-east. During the summer of 1985, Cram set world records in the mile run, 2000m, and 1500m during a 19-day period. Sebastian Coe is a politician and former athlete who represented Great Britain in two Olympic events. In fact, he participated in age-group rowing in his 60s, winning countless gold medals, and also took up body building in his 80s. Known for his signature laughter, Kriss Akabusi is a former track and field athlete who has three Olympic bronze medals to his credit.