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Richard David Nerurkar MBE (born 6 January 1964) is a former track and field athlete from Great Britain, competing in the long-distance running events. He participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Nerurkar became the British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1990 AAA Championships. He won the English national cross-country championship three times and twice finished in the top 20 in the World Cross-Country Championships. On the track, he finished fifth in the 10,000 metres in the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he represented Great Britain and finished 17th in the 10,000m final.
He held the British record for 10 miles of 46:02, set in October 1993 (and which wasn't broken until March 2023 by Emile Cairess). That year he moved up in distance to the marathon.
He won his debut marathon in Hamburg in a time of 2:10:57 and went on to win his second marathon, the World Cup Marathon in San Sebastián, in October 1993. His other marathons included a personal best time of 2:08:36 in the 1997 London Marathon where he also finished in fifth place. His time was the third fastest of all time by a British athlete and is the fourth fastest as of 2016. His greatest performance was arguably at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, representing Great Britain he finished in fifth place.
Nerurkar is general manager of the Great Ethiopian Run event hosted yearly in Addis Ababa, an event he started in 2001 with Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie. He is the author of the book Marathon Running: From Beginning to Elite ().
His son Lukas Nerurkar is a professional cyclist.
He was awarded the MBE in 2002.
Achievements
1989 Universiade Duisburg, West Germany 12th 5000 m 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 5th 10,000 m 1991 World Championships Tokyo 5th 10,000 m 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona 17th 10,000 m 1993 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany 1st Marathon 2:10:57 1993 World Cup Marathon San Sebastián, Spain 1st Marathon 2:10:03 1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th Marathon 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 7th Marathon 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 5th Marathon 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th Marathon
Personal bests
Nice Brussels Oslo Ivry-sur-Seine London
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Categories: 1964 Births, Living People, Athletes From Bradford, Athletes From Wolverhampton, English Male Marathon Runners, British Male Marathon Runners, Olympic Athletes For Great Britain, Athletes At The 1992 Summer Olympics, Athletes At The 1996 Summer Olympics, World Athletics Championships Athletes For Great Britain, People Educated At Bradford Grammar School, English People Of Indian Descent, Sportspeople Of Indian Descent, Members Of The Order Of The British Empire, British Expatriates In Ethiopia
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