José Luíz Barbosa, known as Zequinha Barbosa is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. José participated in 4 Olympics Games.1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Soul Korea; 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta. He is the 1987 World Indoor Champion, and a two-time World Championship medallist, winning silver in 1991 and bronze in 1987. 1995 Pan American gold medalist 800m 1987 Silver medalist, 1983 Silver medalist 800m and Silver 4x400m.Jose was ranked number One in the world in the 800m in 1991.
Rui Manuel Monteiro SilvaComIH is a Portuguese track and field athlete and coach who represents S.L. Benfica. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. Silva is the current national champion at 1500 m.
Agnese Possamai is a retired middle-distance runner from Italy. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.
Antti Olavi Loikkanen is a Finnish former middle-distance and endurance runner. Loikkanen was one of Finland's most successful 800 meter and 1500 meter runners in the beginning of the 1980s. His greatest achievements were in indoor athletics competitions.
João Manuel Pires is a former Portuguese middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics failing to advance to the final. He managed to reach the semifinals at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.
Sandra Teixeira is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the middle distance events. She represented her country at four World Indoor Championships.
Jason Lunn is a retired American middle-distance runner who mostly competed in the 1500 meters. He was the US outdoor champion at 1500m in 2003. He represented his country at one outdoor and three indoor World Championships. He earned All-American honors for Stanford University in cross country in 1997, and multiple times in track and field. He is now an assistant professor at Penn State University.
Nédia Semedo is a retired Portuguese athlete who competed in the middle-distance events. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics narrowly missing the semifinals. Her biggest successes are the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and the sixth place at the 2002 European Championships.
Tom Omey is a retired Belgian athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. He represented his country at three outdoor and two indoor World Championships.
Justin Gloden is a Luxembourgish athlete competing in the long-distance events. He represented his country in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing 36th out of 118 competitors. He also competed at the 1983 and 1987 World Championships.
Clayton Murphy is an American middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He ran collegiately for the University of Akron, before signing with Nike in June 2016 and joining the Nike Oregon Project.
Cândido Maia is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in the middle-distance events. He represented his country at three World Indoor Championships.
Marina Bastos Rodrigues is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialised in the middle and long-distance events. She represented her country at three outdoor and four indoor World Championships.
Dietmar Millonig is a retired Austrian long-distance runner. He won a gold medal at the 1986 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships.
Mirosław Żerkowski is a retired Polish middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.
Andrés Vera Llorens is a retired Spanish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. He represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh in the final, as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships.
Peter Wirz is a retired Swiss middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 1500 metres. He represented his country at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won a gold medal at the 1984 European Indoor Championships.
Uwe Becker is a German former middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 1500 metres. He won the silver medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships.
Jolanta Januchta-Strzelczyk is a Polish former middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and bronze at the 1982 edition. In addition, she represented her country at the 1980 Summer Olympics as well as the 1983 World Championships.
Andreas Baranski is a West German former middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. He won a silver medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade. In addition, he competed at three European Indoor Championships reaching the final twice.
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