Ross Murray (born 8 October 1990) is an English former middle distance runner. He competed in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

at the

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Biography

Murray finished runner-up behind

Andy Baddeley Andrew James Baddeley (born 20 June 1982) is an English middle-distance runner. Career He finished sixth in the 1500 metres final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and ...

at the

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. The following month in July 2012, Murray ran the mile at the

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, placing second with a time of 3:52.77. In the preliminaries of the

1500m The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilometers ...

at the 2012 Olympics, Murray ran a 3:36.74 to finish fourth in his heat and qualify for the semi-finals. Ross did not qualify for the event finals as he finished tenth in his semi-final with a time of 3:44.92. Murray has a personal best time of 3:34.76 for 1500 metres (2012), which was almost 10 seconds faster than his season's best of 3:43.93 from 2011. Murray was coached by

Steve Cram Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arro ...

as of 2017. As of 2024, Murray is himself a coach.

References

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