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Born January 19, 1973 (age 52) • China
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Finnish runner
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
Gunder Hägg
Swedish athlete
Kip Keino
Kip Keino
Kenyan distance runner
Lasse Virén
Finnish distance runner
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish athlete
Noureddine Morceli
Algerian athlete
Billy Mills
American athlete
Shorter, Frank
Frank Shorter
American athlete
Ville Ritola
Finnish athlete
Vladimir Kuts
Soviet athlete
Sebastian Coe, 2022
Sebastian Coe
British runner
Peter Snell
Peter Snell
New Zealand athlete
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
American athlete
Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson
American athlete
Marie-José Pérec
French athlete
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopian athlete
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Joan Benoit Samuelson
American runner
Mo Farah
Mo Farah
British athlete
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
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