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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
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,779x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,842x
- Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
· 1995 · cited 42,163x
- WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis
· 2008 · cited 23,765x
- New Guidelines to Evaluate the Response to Treatment in Solid Tumors
· 2000 · cited 13,419x
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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
~11 min read
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.