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 AlderMBE(born 10 June 1940) is a British former distance runner.
Alder, who was born inGlasgow,[1]was afoster child.His mother died oftuberculosisand his father was killed on the last day ofWorld War II.[2]He moved toMorpeth,north ofNewcastle,and became interested in running.[3]
Athletics career
[edit]Alder's athletic career saw him compete at the1966 Commonwealth GamesinKingstonwinningMarathonGold, (having missed the1964 Summer Olympicsdue to a knee injury). He competed in the1968 Summer OlympicsinMexico City,the1969 European Athletics ChampionshipsinAthensand the1970 Commonwealth GamesinEdinburgh.[4]
He set a newworld recordfor 30,000 m of 1 h 34 min 01.8 s in 1964. In that race he also set world records for 20 miles (1 h 40 min 58.0 s) and 2 hours (37,994m). TheIAAFdid not recognise the latter two marks for world records, but they were accepted asUnited Kingdomnational 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 the1970 Commonwealth Gamesin Edinburgh. In September 1970, inLondon,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,Belfastin 1971 promoted by County Antrim Harriers in a time of 1:05:05.(Athletics Weekly 22 May 1971)
He was featured inThe Sunday Times,on 15 April 2007, which profiled his gold medal-winning run in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[8]Later that year in October, Alder featured on theBBC OneseriesInside Sportand was interviewed byRay Stubbs.In 2012, Alder was selected to carry theOlympic flamethroughNorthumberland,for the2012 Olympic Gamesin London.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Jim Alder".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 13 October 2012.Retrieved19 January2015.
- ^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 profileArchived3 March 2016 at theWayback Machine,scottishdistancerunninghistory.co.uk; retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^"Leidsch Dagblad | 7 september 1970 | pagina 10".Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken.
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- ^"Unknown Title".The Times & The Sunday Times.Retrieved9 June2017.[dead link]
External links
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Commonwealth Gameschampions in the men'smarathon | |
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Glasgow
- Sportspeople from Morpeth, Northumberland
- Scottish male long-distance runners
- British male long-distance runners
- Scottish male marathon runners
- British male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games