Jim Alder
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| Born | 10 June 1940 Glasgow, Scotland, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Morpeth Harriers, Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Noel Carroll Alder MBE (born 10 June 1940) is a British former distance runner.
Alder, who was born in
Newcastle, and became interested in running.[3]
Athletics career
Alder's athletic career saw him compete at the
He set a new
IAAF did not recognise the latter two marks for world records, but they were accepted as United Kingdom national records.[5]
At the 1968 Olympic Games, in Mexico City, his height was recorded at 5 ft 8 in (172 cm) and his weight was 141 lb (64 kg).[1]
Alder ran his last marathon in the
1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. In September 1970, in London, he set a new record for 30,000 m of 1 h 31 min 30.4 s which still stands today.[6][7]
He won The Great Northern Half Marathon, Belfast in 1971 promoted by County Antrim Harriers in a time of 1:05:05.(Athletics Weekly 22 May 1971)
He was featured in
2012 Olympic Games in London.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jim Alder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ The Archive: Jim Alder, Herald Scotland; retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Turnbull, Simon (5 September 2010). Geronimo Jim's a gem, The Independent; retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Bathgate, Stuart (9 April 2014). Commonwealth Games: Alder won after losing his way. The Scotsman; retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ Jim Alder profile Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, scottishdistancerunninghistory.co.uk; retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Leidsch Dagblad | 7 september 1970 | pagina 10". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Unknown Title". The Times & The Sunday Times. Retrieved 9 June 2017.[dead link]
External links
Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon | |
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