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Jeff Norman
British long-distance runner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Jeffrey Norman (born 6 February 1945 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a male British former long-distance, marathon, cross country and fell runner. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Biography
Norman won the Three Peaks Race six times between 1970 and 1975 setting a course record in 1974.[2]
Norman became the British marathon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1975 AAA Championships.[3] He would podium twice more at the AAAs in 1976 and 1978.[4]
At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain in the men's marathon.[5]
He represented England in the marathon, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[6][7]
Norman set the British 50 km track record on 7 June 1980 in Timperley with a time of 2:48:06.[8] He also formerly held the British road record for the same distance, having run a time of 2:53:21 on 23 February 1985 in Douglas, Isle of Man.[8][9]
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