middle distance runner

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Jake Wightman could become Britain's "most successful" middle distance runner ever, former Olympic champion Lord Coe says.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2022

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

One athlete who will be forced to cover up if he qualifies for the Olympics is American middle distance runner Nick Symmonds, who sells space on his skin for advertising.

From Reuters • May 6, 2016

Ron Clarke, Australia's greatest middle distance runner the man who lit the caldron at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, has died of kidney failure at the age of 78 in Gold Coast, Australia.

From Los Angeles Times