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David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE (born 30 December 1949) is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon [1] until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission (since 2012), as well as sitting on the IAAF Cross Country ...
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- 66 kg (146 lb)
- Athletics
- 30 December 1949 (age 73), London, England
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.
Nov 8, 2012 · David Bedford story... By ELLIOTT DENMAN. NEW YORK – David Bedford ‘s been there, done that, everything there is to be and doin the world of distance running. His storied portfolio includes the world record for the track 10,000 meters (27:30.80 in 1973); two Olympic starts (with a 12th-place finish at 5,000 meters and a 6th-place in the 10,000 meters at Munich in 1972); and biggest-time ...
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Dec 8, 2020 · On May 21, 2017, I met with David Bedford. David Bedford is the former 10,000m world record holder, a man who added color and excitement to British athletics, and the man who lovingly built the London marathon elite field into the most imp ressive ma rathon in histo ry. David Bedford has one of the finest mustaches in the known world.
David Colin "Dave" Bedford OBE is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission, as well as sitting on the IAAF Cross Country Committee as the UK Athletics elected representative.
Feb 23, 2021 · Learn about the life and career of Dave Bedford, the British distance running legend who won the 10,000m world record in 1972 and the 5000m world record in 1974. Find out his top 20 races, his achievements, his personality and his legacy in the sport.
Jul 29, 2020 · David Bedford part 1, 1969-1972. David Bedford was exposed to classical music from the moment he was born. With a pedigree of two composers as grandmother (Liza Lehmann) and grandfather (Herbert Bedford), plus an opera singer for a mother (Lesley Duff), who was a member of the English Opera Group after the Second World War, he was destined from ...
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