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Ronald William Clarke, AO, MBE (21 February 1937 – 17 June 2015) was an Australian athlete, writer, and the Mayor of the Gold Coast from 2004 to 2012. He was one of the best-known middle- and long-distance runners in the 1960s, notable for setting seventeen world records .
Jun 17, 2015 · The IAAF mourns the death of Ron Clarke, who held 17 world records from the two miles to the one hour run and inspired many athletes. He was also a successful businessman, an environmental crusader, a mayor and a philanthropist.
Jun 17, 2015 · The IAAF mourns the death of the famed distance runner Ron Clarke, who has died at the age of 78. Clarke died in a Gold Coast hospital after a short illness on Wednesday morning. He was 78.
Jun 17, 2015 · Ron Clarke, an Australian middle- and long-distance runner who broke 17 world records, some by huge margins, in the mid-1960s but never won an Olympic or British Commonwealth gold medal,...
Jun 17, 2015 · Australian world champion runner and former Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke has died, city officials said. Clarke became a running legend in the 1950s and 1960s, during which he set 17...
Jun 17, 2015 · Ron Clarke, Australia’s revered Olympic distance runner and more recently Mayor of the Gold Coast, has died aged 78 after a short illness. Clarke was widely recognised as the paramount running...
Ron Clarke AO MBE (1937-2015) There are many faces to Ron Clarke. There's the young man who held aloft a torch (whose unruly sparks gave him a hard time) and became a symbol of the 1956 Olympics. There's the runner who tripped in a big race, and was tended by his rival John Landy.
