Brendan Foster(I)
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Brendan Foster is a British former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run.
He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976), and the gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 meters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Brendan Foster's athletic career saw him compete in three Olympic Games, claiming Britain its only track and field medal (bronze in the 10,000 meters) at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976). In 1973 he broke the World Record for two miles at Crystal Palace with a time of 8:13.68. Foster's final major race was the Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad (1980) 10,000-metre final, where he finished eleventh, almost 40 seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter.
In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976), and the gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 meters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Brendan Foster's athletic career saw him compete in three Olympic Games, claiming Britain its only track and field medal (bronze in the 10,000 meters) at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976). In 1973 he broke the World Record for two miles at Crystal Palace with a time of 8:13.68. Foster's final major race was the Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad (1980) 10,000-metre final, where he finished eleventh, almost 40 seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter.
In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
