- Brendan Foster is a British former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run.
He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976), and the gold medal in the 5,000 meters at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 meters at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Brendan Foster's athletic career saw him compete in three Olympic Games, claiming Britain its only track and field medal (bronze in the 10,000 meters) at the Montreal 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad (1976). In 1973 he broke the World Record for two miles at Crystal Palace with a time of 8:13.68. Foster's final major race was the Moscow 1980: Games of the XXII Olympiad (1980) 10,000-metre final, where he finished eleventh, almost 40 seconds behind the winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter.
In 2010, he was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bazza the Beast
- He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to sports broadcasting and sports.
- He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1976 for his services to sports.
- Stocksfield, Northumberland, England
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to international and national sport and culture in north east England. He was in Stocksfield, Northumberland, England.
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