Ron Clarke
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Ronald William Clarke was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for set
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Ron Clarke (in third place and second from left behind #615) at the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the fore are Billy Mills (722) and Mohammed Gammoudi (615).
Clarke (right) with Queensland premier Anna Bligh at the sod-turning event for Griffith University light rail station in 2010
Mitch Mitchell's sculpture depicting Clarke and Landy
Emil Zátopek
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Emil Zátopek was a Czech long-distance runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He came first in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs before he decided at the last
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…bronze medal in the 10,000 metre (m) race at the 1964 Summer Olympics when he was upset by Billy Mills, and never won an Olympic gold medal. However, Emil Zátopek gave him one of his own gold medals, which Clarke described as one of his most cherished presents. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Clarke…
Zátopek in 1952
Zátopek displaying his trademark expression of pain (1951)
Grave of Emil Zátopek in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm