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Steve Ovett
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former middle distance runner
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ovett
- Ovett, an autobiography
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1955-10-09 ) 9 October 1955 (age 70) , Brighton , Sussex , England
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Weight
- 154 lb (70 kg)
- Sport
- Track
- Event s
- 800 metres , 1500 metres , mile , 5000 metres
- Personal best s
- 800 m : 1:44.09 , 1500 m : 3:30.77 , Mile : 3:48.40 , 3000 m : 7:41.3 , 2-mile : 8:13.51 , 5000 m : 13:20.06
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brighton
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Steve Ovett.jpg
- Height
- 183
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- Commons category
- Steve Ovett
- date of birth
- 1955-10-09
- sports discipline competed in
- 800 metres
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- end of work period
- 1991-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (/oʊˈvɛt/; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile races from 1977 to 1980.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steve Ovett” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.