Deena Kastor

Deena Kastor

female, 36 years old
Spirit of the Marathon, boston marathon, agoura high school, Agoura Hills, Athens, Greece, Chicago Marathon…5000meters
Competing in her third Olympics in the marathon (Aug. 17), Deena is the top female distance runner in the United States. She took home the bronze...
Galen Rupp

Galen Rupp

male, 23 years old
University of Oregon, 5,000 meters, cross-country running, 5000meters, Middle distance track event, track and field athlete…3,000 meters
Galen Rupp is an American cross-country and track and field athlete. He is one of the nation's top young distance runners, having set important...
Bob Kennedy

Bob Kennedy

male, 39 years old
Westerville North HS, Westerville North High School, American middle distance runner, 1996 Atlanta Olympics, World Championships in Athletics, performance enhancing drugs…3000 meters, 5000meters
Bob Kennedy (born 18 August 1970) is an American distance runner. Though now retired, he currently holds the American Record in the 5000 meters. At...
Saïd Aouita

Saïd Aouita

male, 50 years old
1983 World Championships in Athletics, Athlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Olympics, Muslim, Olympic competitor for Morocco, 5000meters…5000 m, 800 meters
Saïd Aouita (born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Born in Kenitra, Morocco, S...
Dick Beardsley

Dick Beardsley

male, 53 years old
Dick's Early Running, From Fargo, North Dakota, Detroit Lakes, Inge Simonsen, Grandma's Marathon, Duel in the Sun…5000meters
Dick Beardsley (born March 21, 1956 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American long-distance runner. He was raised in a small farming community just...
Anders Aukland

Anders Aukland

male, 37 years old
Cross-country skier at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Egebergs Ærespris, 5000meters, 10,000 metres, Olympic competitor for Norway, cross country skier
Anders Aukland is a professional Norwegian cross country skier who has won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. Anders Aukland lives in...

Gunder Hägg

male, deceased (2004)
Middle distance runner, world record, swedish, athlete, runner, Malmö…5000meters, 5000 m
Gunder Hägg was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s. Gunder Hägg set over a dozen middle distance world records at ev...