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.
Biography Nerurkar was born in Wolverhampton, England, to an Indian father and English mother,Nerurkar on a new mission he moved to Bradford, where he attended Bradford Grammar School. He has a brother and sister. He was a language teacher at Marlborough College between 1989 and 1991.
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 Representing 1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany12th5000 m14:03.071990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia5th10,000 m28:07.811991World Championships Tokyo, Japan5th10,000 m27:57.141992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain17th10,000 m28:48.481993Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany 1stMarathon2:10:571993World Cup MarathonSan Sebastián, Spain 1stMarathon2:10:031994European Championships Helsinki, Finland4thMarathon2:11:56 1995World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden7thMarathon2:15:47 1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States5thMarathon2:13:39 1998European Championships Budapest, Hungary8thMarathon2:14:02
Personal bests Distance Mark Date Location 3,000 metres 7:48.00 1992 Nice 5,000 metres 13:23.26 1990 Brussels 10,000 metres 27:40.03 1993 Oslo Half Marathon 1:01:06 1996 Ivry-sur-Seine Marathon 2:08:36 1997 London
References
British Olympic Committee Power of 10 profile Olympic record
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