Bruce Tulloh

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Michael Bruce Swinton Tulloh (born September 29, 1935 in Datchet , Berkshire , † April 28, 2018 in Marlborough , Wiltshire ) was a British medium and long-distance runner. The 1.71 m tall and only 54 kg heavy during his competition time Tulloh was active on the distances from the mile to 10,000 meters .

Life

When Tulloh returned from Hong Kong as a professional soldier in 1955 , with serious training. In 1959, Tulloh became the British AAA Champion over 3 miles. On this route he set a new British record in 1960 in 13: 17.2 minutes. At the Olympic Games in Rome, however, he was eliminated over 5000 meters in the preliminary run.

In 1961 he improved the 3-mile record to 13: 12.0 minutes. In 1962 he won the 5000 meter run at the European Championships in Belgrade. In 14: 00.6 minutes he was just ahead of Poland's Kazimierz Zimny and Russian Pjotr ​​Grigorjewitsch Bolotnikow , who was successful over 10,000 meters in Rome in 1960 and Belgrade in 1962. At the end of November 1962, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Perth . Tulloh finished fourth over three miles in 13: 37.91 minutes, three and a half seconds behind the winner Murray Halberg . Also over a mile a New Zealander won with Peter Snell , in this final Tulloh finished ninth and last.

After becoming AAA champions over three miles in 1962 and 1963, he switched to the even longer distances. In 1966 he set a new British record over six miles in 27: 23.78 minutes. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 , he was sixth over 10,000 meters in 28: 50.4 minutes.

After his career, the trained agricultural scientist, who, however, worked for 20 years as a biology teacher at a secondary school, was also active as a senior athlete. As a trainer he supervised the marathon runner Richard Nerurkar .

Even though he ran 4627 km across the USA in 73 days in 1969, he emphasized that training always had to be pushed to the limits of one's performance with high intensity. As a barefoot runner , he was able to spread the tiredness of running across more muscle groups.

Best times

  • 1500 meters: 3: 46.7 minutes (1963)
  • 5000 meters: 13: 49.4 minutes (1964)
  • 10,000 meters: 28: 50.4 minutes (1966)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European 5000m gold medalist, coach and author was an athletics pioneer in many ways. In: Athletics Weekly. Accessed April 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=293 on . March 12, 2017
  3. ↑ //www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/bruce-tulloh-on-the-truth-about-running-36461 on. March 12, 2017
  4. ^ Arnd Krüger : Barefoot. Competitive Sports 43 (2013), 3, 29-30

literature

  • Peter Matthews, Ian Buchanan: All-Time Greats of British and Irish Sport , Enfield 1995 ISBN 0-85112-678-2
personal data
SURNAME Tulloh, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tulloh, Michael Bruce Swinton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Datchet , Berkshire
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2018
Place of death Marlborough (Wiltshire) , Wiltshire