Mike Ryan

Mike Ryan (actually: Michael Robert Ryan ; born December 26, 1941 in Scotland ) is a former New Zealand long-distance runner and Olympic knight.

He grew up in Bannockburn and emigrated to New Zealand in 1963 to work as an engineer in a paper mill near Tokoroa .

Even though he won several national titles on the track and in cross-country running , he had his greatest successes in the marathon . At the Commonwealth Games in Kingston in 1966 , he won the bronze medal in the tropical heat of Jamaica . In the same year he won the Fukuoka Marathon in 2:14:05, which was both a New Zealand record and a world best for the year.

At the marathon of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he again won a bronze medal behind Mamo Wolde (ETH) and Kenji Kimihara (JPN). The enormous demands that this long exposure to the mountain air brought with it meant that his health was impaired for several years.

Mike Ryan is married with two children and now lives in Auckland . In 2008 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame .

Web links

Mike Ryan on the New Zealand Olympic Committee website

Individual evidence

↑ Mike Ryan (1941-) . New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame , accessed August 29, 2014 .
^ Murray McKinnon : Mike Ryan and Lorraine Moller inducted into NZ Sports Hall of Fame . Athletics New Zealand , February 22, 2008, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; accessed on May 9, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).

personal data
SURNAME	Ryan, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ryan, Michael Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Scotland

[nzshof_1-1] Mike Ryan (1941-) . New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame , accessed August 29, 2014 .

[Athletics_NZ_2008_02_22-2] Murray McKinnon : Mike Ryan and Lorraine Moller inducted into NZ Sports Hall of Fame . Athletics New Zealand , February 22, 2008, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; accessed on May 9, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).