Ron Hill
British runner
Died when: 82 years 240 days (991 months)Star Sign: Libra
Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur.He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world record.
He ran two Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972), and achieved a personal marathon record of 2:09:28.In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30.
He also won gold medals for the marathon at the European Championships in 1969 and the Commonwealth Games in 1970.Hill laid claim to the longest streak of consecutive days running – every day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017.
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