middle distance runner
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Robbie Fitzgibbon, a middle distance runner, represented his country at several international events.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
Former and current athletes include Kendall Spencer, a long jumper who went to New Mexico; Megan Koch, a middle distance runner from Colorado College; and Madeleine McKenna, a volleyball player from California University of Pennsylvania.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021
I did a report on an Olympic middle distance runner named Brenda Martinez, who had a positive test for antidepressants that she was taking.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2021
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday imposed a four-year period of ineligibility for Russian middle distance runner Mariya Savinova-Farnosova, saying there was "clear evidence" she used banned performance-enhancing substances.
From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2017
Knight, 77, was a middle distance runner in college who began the company in a handshake deal with Oregon coach Bill Bowerman in 1964, with each putting up $500.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2015