Saif Saaeed Shaheen, formerly Stephen Cherono, is a steeplechase runner. He was born in Keiyo, Kenya but now he represents Qatar. He was, for 19 years, the world record holder for 3000 metre steeplechase. He is a two time World Champion in the event. His older brother Abraham Cherono is also a steeplechase runner.
José Luis González Sánchez is a Spanish former middle-distance runner. He represented Spain at the Olympics on three occasions with his best performance being a semi-final run in the 1500 m in 1980.
Maurizio Damilano is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
Carlo "Carletto" Mattioli is a retired male race walker from Italy, who represented his native country twice at the Olympic Games: 1984 and 1988.
Morhad Amdouni is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Andreas Vojta is an Austrian distance runner. He competed in the 1500 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the current Austrian marathon champion.
Ihor Kostyantynovych Hlavan is a Ukrainian race walker. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished third in the 2013 World Championships and fourth at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
Adel Mechaal Mechaal is a Morocco-born Spanish middle- and long-distance runner. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships.
Jean-Claude Corre is a French retired race walker. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as one indoor and three outdoor World Championships. Corre was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Irina Bondarchuk is a Russian former Soviet long-distance runner.
Sue Cook is an Australian former racewalking athlete. She is a former world record holder in the 10 kilometres race walk and the 20 kilometres race walk. She competed six times at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, taking bronze in 1983, and was selected for Australia for the 1987 World Championships in Athletics.
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.
Ann Jansson is a Swedish former racewalking athlete.
Lubomír Tesáček was a Czech long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 1984 European Indoor Championships. He also represented his country at the 1986 European Championships and the Friendship Games since his country boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in 2022, and bronze in the 10,000 m in 2018. Crippa claimed four medals in the age-group races at the European Cross Country Championships and a bronze in the senior race in 2019.
Robert Nemeth was an Austrian middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country in the 1500 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1983 World Championships, reaching the semifinals on both occasions.
The Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Soviet Athletics Federation, which served as the Soviet national championship for the sport. Typically held over two to three days in February during the Soviet winter, it was a later development to the national programme, supplementing the main outdoor Soviet Athletics Championships held in the summer.
Robin Hendrix is a Belgian long-distance runner. He is the Belgian indoor record holder for the 5000 metres.
Mohamed "Mo" Katir El Haouzi is a Spanish middle- and long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Katir took silver in the 5000 metres at the 2022 European Championships. He holds three Spanish records, is a two-time national champion, and is the European indoor record holder for the 3000 metres.
Diane van Es is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.
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