Stan Eldon
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | (1936-05-01) 1 May 1936 (age 88) Windsor, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Stanley Edward Eldon (born 1 May 1936 in Windsor, Berkshire) is a retired British cross country runner. Eldon is notable for winning the International Cross Country Championships held in Cardiff in 1958. He was awarded his MBE for his work in setting up the Reading half- marathon.
Eldon was inspired to become a runner after viewing a film of the 1948 Olympics and joined Eton Athletics Club. In 1956 he ran a junior World Best of 14 minutes 19 seconds over 3 miles.[1] As an adult he came to note as an aggressive front runner. In 1958 he won the International Cross Country Championships in a time of 46 minutes 29 seconds beating Alain Mimoun and Frank Sando into second and third respectively.[1] That same year Eldon won the inaugural Nos Galan road race, and was the mystery runner in the race in 1964.
References
- ^ a b Aitkin, Alastair. "Alastair Aitken reports on Stan Eldon". highgateharriers.org.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- v
- t
- e
- 1898†: Sid Robinson (ENG)
- 1903–04: Alfred Shrubb (ENG)
- 1905: Albert Aldridge (ENG)
- 1906: Charlie Straw (ENG)
- 1907: Adam Underwood (ENG)
- 1908: Arthur Robertson (ENG)
- 1909–10: Arthur Edwin Wood (ENG)
- 1911–13: Jean Bouin (FRA)
- 1914: Alfred Nichols (ENG)
- 1915–19: Not held
- 1920: James Wilson (SCO)
- 1921: Wally Freeman (ENG)
- 1922: Joseph Guillemot (FRA)
- 1923: Joe Blewitt (ENG)
- 1924: Bill Cotterell (ENG)
- 1925: Jack Webster (ENG)
- 1926: Ernie Harper (ENG)
- 1927: Lewis Payne (ENG)
- 1928: Harry Eckersley (ENG)
- 1929: Bill Cotterell (ENG)
- 1930: Tom Evenson (ENG)
- 1931: Tim Smythe (IRE)
- 1932: Tom Evenson (ENG)
- 1933–35: Jack Holden (ENG)
- 1936: Bill Eaton (ENG)
- 1937: Jim Flockhart (SCO)
- 1938: Jack Emery (ENG)
- 1939: Jack Holden (ENG)
- 1940–45: Not held
- 1946–47: Raphaël Pujazon (FRA)
- 1948: John Doms (BEL)
- 1949: Alain Mimoun (FRA)
- 1950: Lucien Theys (BEL)
- 1951: Geoff Saunders (ENG)
- 1952: Alain Mimoun (FRA)
- 1953: Franjo Mihalić (YUG)
- 1954: Alain Mimoun (FRA)
- 1955: Frank Sando (ENG)
- 1956: Alain Mimoun (FRA)
- 1957: Frank Sando (ENG)
- 1958: Stan Eldon (ENG)
- 1959: Frederick Norris (ENG)
- 1960: Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (MAR)
- 1961: Basil Heatley (ENG)
- 1962: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
- 1963: Roy Fowler (ENG)
- 1964: Francisco Aritmendi (ESP)
- 1965: Jean Fayolle (FRA)
- 1966: Ben Assou El Ghazi (MAR)
- 1967: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
- 1968: Mohammed Gammoudi (TUN)
- 1969: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
- 1970: Mike Tagg (ENG)
- 1971: David Bedford (ENG)
- 1972: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
This biographical article relating to British athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e