John Lawrence Trautmann OLY (born June 29, 1968) is an American long-distance runner. [1] He was the 1990 5000m NCAA Champion for Georgetown University and was on the 1987 Distance Medley Relay team at the Penn Relays that set a world record of 9:20.96. [2] [3] Trautmann won the 1992 US Olympic Trials 5000m. He competed at the 1992 Olympics, but did not finish due to injury. [2] In 2015, he ran 4:12.33 to break the Masters M45 World Record in the mile under the guidance of his former college coach Frank Gagliano. [4]
Trautmann is an assistant coach at NYU. [5] He also coaches the Empire Elite Track Club with Tom Nohilly. [2] Current athletes include Eric Holt and Helen Schlachtenhaufen. [6]