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Andrew Lemoncello

Andrew Lemoncello (born 12 October 1982) is a Scottish long distance runner who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and the marathon events.

Jari Porttila

One key moment in Porttila's career occurred in 1984, when Finnish long distance runner Martti Vainio failed in doping-test.


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1986 Central American Games

Long distance runner Mateo Flores was honoured to light the torch in the stadium bearing his name.

Abebe

Abebe Mekonnen (born 1964), Ethiopian former long-distance runner and 1989 Boston Marathon winner

Ainsleigh

Gordy Ainsleigh (born 1947), American chiropractor and long-distance runner

Angela Smith

Angela Tooby (married Smith, born 1960), former British long distance runner

Anni Pede-Erdkamp

Anni Pede-Erdkamp (born January 14, 1940) is a former West German long-distance runner who is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations as having set a world best in the marathon on September 16, 1967 with a time of 3:07:27 in Waldniel, West Germany.

Banga, South Cotabato

Eduardo Buenavista, a Filipino long-distance runner and two-time Olympian.

Česlovas

Česlovas Kundrotas (b. 1961), Lithuanian long-distance runner and Olympic competitor

Christoph Herle

Christoph Herle (born 19 November 1955 in Königstein im Taunus, Hessen) is a retired West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10000 metres and cross-country running.

Elizabeth Lynch

Liz McColgan (née Lynch; born 1964), Scottish long distance runner

Etalemahu Kidane

Etalemahu Kidane (born 14 February 1983 in Arssi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres.

Francesco Panetta

Francesco Panetta (born 10 January 1963 in Siderno) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s.

Gaston Rahier

At the end of that last year he was named, alongside long-distance runner Vincent Rousseau, as the Belgian Sportsman of the Year.

Gauri Deshpande

Her Grandchildren are Sukhi Khosla, a long distance runner, and Tissa Khosla a jazz musician who plays with Marcus Roberts and Jason Marsalis.

Gulnara

Gulnara Vygovskaya (born 1980) , Russian long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races.

Hailu

Hailu Mekonnen (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner and two-time World Cross Country medallist

Hans Werner Meyer

In the following years his roles became more and more versatile, comprising diverse characters, such as long distance runner Dieter Baumann in “Ich will laufen – der Fall Dieter Baumann” (English: “I want to run – the case of Dieter Baumann” or the son of a Prussian Officer, Albrecht Sterenberg, who slowly develops insanity in the historical two-part TV production “Der weiße Afrikaner” (English: The white African”).

Hasan Mahboob

Hasan Mahboob Ali (born Silas Kirui on 31 December 1981 in Kapsabet) is a Bahraini long-distance runner.

Jackie Gallagher

Jackie Fairweather (born 1967), née Gallagher, female triathlete and long distance runner

John Wyatt

Jonathan Wyatt (born 1972), long-distance runner from New Zealand

Knut Børø

Knut Tore Børø (born 28 September 1948 in Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in 5000 and 10,000 metres.

Kokoda Track

John Landy, the long-distance runner, set a record of four days for the crossing using carriers and guides during the 1950s, and in 1964 Angus Henry, the art teacher at Sogeri High School with two of his students, John Kadiba and Misty Baloiloi, set a new record which was to stand until after the millennium by completing the journey in three and a quarter days without guides, carriers or any signposts or bridges.

Lambruschini

Alessandro Lambruschini (1965-) is an Italian former long-distance runner

Marleen

Marleen Renders (born 1968), Belgian retired long-distance runner

Merima

Merima Hashim (born 1981), long-distance runner and world junior medallist

Merima Denboba (born 1974), long-distance runner and cross country specialist

Miklosa

Matjaž Mikloša (b. 1975), Slovenian ski mountaineer and long-distance runner

Moses Aliwa

Moses Aliwa (born 2 April 1986 in Kapchorwa District) is a Ugandan long-distance runner.

Nuria Moreno

She played club hockey for SPV 51 in Madrid, and is married to long-distance runner José Manuel Martínez.

Osvaldo Suárez

Juan Osvaldo Roberto Suárez (born March 17, 1934 in Wilde) is a long-distance runner from Argentina who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games.

Oxana Juravel

Oxana Juravel (born 23 February 1986) is a Moldovan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Pantel

Thierry Pantel (born 1964), a French former long-distance runner

Percy Beames

Beames was the father of Adrienne Beames, a former long-distance runner frequently credited as the first woman to break the three-hour barrier in the marathon.

Petrana Petkova

Petrana Petkova (born September 20, 1972 in Razlog), also known as Petrana Histova-Petkova, is a Bulgarian middle and long distance runner.

Rachid Chékhémani

Rachid Chékhémani (born 1 October 1973 in Barentin, Seine-Maritime) is a French long-distance runner.

Sissel Grottenberg

Sissel Sofie Grottenberg (born 17 August 1956 in Sarpsborg, Østfold) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race and half marathon.

Stig Roar Husby

Stig Roar Husby (born 12 September 1954 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner.

Svetlana Şepelev-Tcaci

Svetlana Şepelev-Tcaci (Russian: Svetlana Tkach-Shepeleva; born 10 May 1969 in Făgădău, Făleşti) is a former Moldovan long-distance runner.

Takanobu

Takanobu Otsubo (born 1976), Japanese long-distance runner who specialises in the half marathon

Thomas Wessinghage

Thomas Wessinghage (born February 22, 1952 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a German middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft.

Tikkanen

Päivi Tikkanen (b. 1960), a former long-distance runner from Finland

Tina Keeper

She is the granddaughter of Olympic long distance runner Joe Keeper and daughter of Joseph I. Keeper (Norway House Cree Nation), member of the Order of Canada and Rev. Dr. Phyllis Keeper (née Beardy, Muskrat Dam First Nation).

Tom Longboat

Cogwagee (Thomas Charles Longboat) (June 4, 1887 – January 9, 1949) was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, and for much of his career the dominant long distance runner of the time.

Toshinari Takaoka

Toshinari Takaoka (高岡 寿成; born 24 September 1970 in Yamashiro, Kyoto) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race.

Traudl

Traudl Maurer (born 1961), German ski mountaineer and long-distance runner

Väätäinen

Juha Väätäinen (born 1941), Finnish long-distance runner and politician

Weidlinger

Günther Weidlinger (born April 5, 1978), an Austrian long-distance runner

Wu Wen-chien

Wu Wen-Chien (吳文騫 born June 9, 1977) is a Taiwanese Olympic long-distance runner that represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the marathon.

Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova

Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova (born May 30, 1980) is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.