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Top Ten Runners

Haile ​Gebrselassie​
Haile ​Gebrselassie​

Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, haylē gebre silassē; born 18 April 1973) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event.

Emil ZáTopek​
Emil ZáTopek​

Emil Zátopek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛmɪl ˈzaːtopɛk] ( listen); 19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Paula ​Radcliffe​
Paula ​Radcliffe​

Paula Radcliffe. Radcliffe at the 2008 New York City Marathon. Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE (born 17 December 1973) is an English long-distance runner. She is a three-time winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), and won the 2002 Chicago Marathon.

Joan Benoit​
Joan Benoit​

Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced. As a result, she was the first-ever women's Olympic marathon champion.

Meb ​Keflezighi​
Meb ​Keflezighi​

Mebrahtom "Meb" Keflezighi (/ ˈ m ɛ b k ə ˈ f l ɛ z ɡ i /; Ge'ez: መብራህቶም ክፍልእዝጊ, Mebrāhtōm Kifl'izgī; born May 5, 1975) is a retired Eritrean-born American long distance runner. He is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon and finished in fourth place in the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hicham El ​Guerrouj​
Hicham El ​Guerrouj​

Hicham El Guerrouj (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, Hishāmu l-Karrūj; Berber: Hicam El Gerruj, ⵀⵉⵛⴰⵎ ⴻⵍ ⴳⴻⵔⵔⵓⵊ; born 14 September 1974) is a retired Moroccan middle-distance runner. El Guerrouj is the current world record holder in the 1500 meters, mile and outdoor 2000 meters events.

Usain Bolt​
Usain Bolt​

We thought Usain Bolt—the eight-time Olympic gold medalist—was done with his professional career. But over the weekend, Bolt cryptically tweeted out that he had signed with a professional soccer team, leading many to believe that he had inked a deal with a top-level club, eager to tap in on his ...

Wilson ​Kipsang Kiprotich​
Wilson ​Kipsang Kiprotich​

Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (born 15 March 1982) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running, competing in events ranging from 10 km to the marathon. He was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Florence ​Griffith Joyner​
Florence ​Griffith Joyner​

Florence Delorez Griffith–Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the fastest woman of all time based on the fact that the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand.

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Deena Kastor​
Deena Kastor​

Deena Kastor Deena Kastor (1973- ) is an American professional long distance runner and Olympic medalist. Following a successful collegiate career at the University of Arkansas, Kastor competed in the 10,000 meter race at the 2000 Olympic finals, after which she turned her attention to road races.

Geoffrey ​Mutai​
Geoffrey ​Mutai​

Geoffrey Mutai. Geoffrey Mutai (1981- ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He has won numerous marathons and half marathons around the world, including the 2011 and 2013 New York City Marathon and the 2012 Berlin Marathon.

Alberto ​Salazar​
Alberto ​Salazar​

Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American track coach and former world-class long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family. They moved to Manchester, Connecticut and then to Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school.

Carl Lewis​
Carl Lewis​

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.

Catherine ​Ndereba​
Catherine ​Ndereba​

Sporting coffee bean-shaped biceps, Catherine Ndereba, 36, a Kenyan who works and competes for the Kenyan Prison team, is a striking elegant figure on the streets of New York.

Kenenisa ​Bekele​
Kenenisa ​Bekele​

Kenenisa Bekele (Amharic: ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record and Olympic record holder in both the 5,000 metre and 10,000 metre events.

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