Track and field athlete celebrities
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Paavo Johannes Nurmi (13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle- and long-distance runner. He was nicknamed the “Flying Finn” as he dominated distance running in the early 20th century. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances bet
Sam Effah (born December 29, 1988 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian sprinter. Effah’s parents both immigrated from Ghana before moving to Calgary where Sam Effah was born. Effah is the fourth fastest Canadian ever after running a 10.06 in the 100 me
Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (Russian: Елена Николаевна Романова; 20 March 1963 – 29 January 2007) was a Russian middle distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.
Giacomo Leone (born April 10, 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on March 4, 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 editi
Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a retired Canadian sprinter, who once held the world record for the 100 metres race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games. He was the first Canadian to legally break the 10-second ba
Vincenza Calì (born October 15, 1983 in Palermo) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.
Frederique Bangue (born December 31, 1976 in Lyon) is a French sprinter who competed in the 100 metres. Her personal best being 11.16 seconds, she never reached a world-level final individually. However, when competing in the shorter distance of 60 m
Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984 in Robbins, Illinois, USA) is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championship
Gabriela Szabo (born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Szabo was born to a Romanian mother and a Hungarian father,
Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Чичерова; born 22 July 1982) is a Russian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a bron
Harumi Hiroyama (Japanese: 弘山晴美; born 2 September 1968 in Naruto, Tokushima) is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and