Middle Distance Runner

This page lists 1,364 biographies of middle distance runners, covering lives from 1850 to 2008. Featuring Roger Bannister, Arthur Wint and Brendan Foster. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Joaquim Ferreira

b. 1937

Sahily Diago

b. 1995

Essie Washington

b. 1957

Marie-Françoise Dubois

b. 1948

Joe Waskom

b. 2001

Erik Rönnholm

1923 – 2010

Oscar Larsen

1887 – 1975

Ossi Teileri

1911 – 1988

Georgia Griffith

b. 1996

Craig Winrow

b. 1971

Ana Menéndez

b. 1972

Audun Boysen

1929 – 2000

Derek Graham

b. 1941

Elis Johansson

1897 – 1956

Odolf Larsen

1897 – 1973

Jesse Montgomery

1904 – 1976

Ollie Hoare

b. 1997

Janeth Jepkosgei

b. 1983

Marilyn Okoro

b. 1984

Tom Murphy

1935 – 2025

Ragnar Ekholdt

1914 – 1998

Don Paige

b. 1956

Dixie Willis

b. 1941

Noah Kibet

b. 2004

Filip Ingebrigtsen

b. 1993

Sue Haden

b. 1946

Maria Cioncan

1977 – 2007

Lyudmila Bragina

b. 1943

Ronald Kwemoi

b. 1995

Jye Edwards

b. 1998

Carrie Tollefson

b. 1977

Terrance Herrington

b. 1966

Drew Hunter

b. 1997

Lim Chun-ae

b. 1969

Dorcus Ewoi

b. 1996

Albert Sprott

1887 – 1951

Olle Åberg

1925 – 2013

Edwin Turner

1912 – 1967

Daniel Andújar

b. 1994

Abby Hoffman

b. 1947

John Twomey

1923 – 2025

Trinity Gray

b. 1978

Geraldine McQueen

b. 1973

Yusneysi Santiusti

b. 1984

Kelly Holmes

b. 1970

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

b. 1985

Violeta Szekely

b. 1965

David Fiegen

b. 1984

Duane Solomon

b. 1984

Francine Niyonsaba

b. 1993

Edward Buswell

b. 1933

Maureen de St. Croix

b. 1953

Rainer Pelkonen

b. 1928

Jordan Williamsz

b. 1992

Aníta Hinriksdóttir

b. 1996

Raymond Petit

1910 – 1990

Ann Williams

b. 1965

Albert Hill

1889 – 1969

Ludovica Cavalli

b. 2000

Dave Wottle

b. 1950

Ethan Strand

b. 2002

Saida Tsehaye

b. 2008

Mary Tracey-Purcell

b. 1949

Margaret Morel

1958 – 2019

Patricia Djaté-Taillard

b. 1971

Aisling Molloy

b. 1964

Haftamu Gebresilase

b. 2004

Gerry O'Reilly

1964 – 2026

Alberto Juantorena

b. 1950

Ran Urabe

b. 1995

Claudia Bobocea

b. 1992

Rayma Wilson

1910 – 1985

Giacomo Peppicelli

1928 – 2011

Maurice Lurot

b. 1940

Majed Saeed Sultan

b. 1986

Dinkalem Ayele

b. 2000

Veronica Inglese

b. 1990

Kalkidan Gezahegne

b. 1991

Atsumi Yashima

b. 1975

Vivian Chebet Kiprotich

b. 1996

Thomas Roth

b. 1991

Amaia Andrés

b. 1966

Maryam Yusuf Jamal

b. 1984

Nadine Debois

b. 1961

Karel Frankenstein

1897 – 1954

Penny Werthner

b. 1951

Winnie Nanyondo

b. 1993

Clem Eischen

1926 – 2020

Zoltan Vamoș

1936 – 2001

Fermín Cacho

b. 1969

Glenn Cunningham

1909 – 1988

Vera Nikolić

1948 – 2021

Richard Douma

b. 1993

Steve Cram

b. 1960

Albertine Rahéliarisoa

b. 1961

Youcef Abdi

b. 1977

Ana Fidelia Quirot

b. 1963

Mariano García García

b. 1997

Stan Taylor

b. 1937

Bob McMillen

1928 – 2007