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| Birth name | Michael Robert Ryan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1941 (age 82) Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Robert Ryan (born 26 December 1941 in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire) is a former long-distance runner, who was born in Scotland. He won the bronze medal for New Zealand in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico.
Ryan was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
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