Hill won the European Marathon European Championship gold in 1969 in Athens and had a trip to the European Championship bronze in Helsinki in 1971.
British long distance running one of the greatest, marathon master Ron Hill died on Sunday at the age of 82.
Ronhill, a sportswear company founded by Hill, spoke about the matter With their Twitter account.
Hill won the European Marathon European Championship gold in 1969 in Athens and had a trip to the European Championship bronze in Helsinki in 1971.
In 1970, Hill won the Boston Marathon and took the marathon gold of the Commonwealth Games on September 2, 28, being only the second runner to fold the marathon below 2.10. At the Olympics, Hill represented Britain in 1964 in Tokyo and 1972 in Munich.
On the hill is also quite an impressive record in its name, even though it is not an official one.
He said he ran every single day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017.
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