About Nick Rose (runner)
Nicholas Henry Rose (born 30 December 1951) is a British former international track and field athlete. He competed in a variety of middle-distance and long-distance running events and participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He set the world record in the half-marathon in 1979. He is the current European record holder in the 10K run (road), and British record holder in the 4×1 mile relay event. He also held the British record in the indoor 2 miles event with 8:18.4—a record which stood for 24 years exactly. Rose's first major victory came in the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in 1974, competing for Western Kentucky University.
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