RON CLARKE'S CAREER:
Born: Feb 21, 1937
Place: Melbourne, Vic
Early life:
* Educated at Melbourne High School
* Set world junior records between 1500m and 2 miles
* Played reserves football with Essendon in the VFL
World Records - 17
* 2-mile (1967, 68)
* 3-mile (1964, 65 twice, 66)
* 5000m (1965 three times, 66)
* 6-mile (1963, 65)
* 10,000m (1963, 65)
* 10-mile (1965)
* 20km (1965)
* 1-hour (1965: 20.232km)
Olympic medals - 1
* Bronze: 10,000m (1964 Tokyo)
Commonwealth medals: 4
* Silver: 3 miles (1962 Perth, 1966 Kingston); 6 miles (1966 Kingston, 1970 Edinburgh)
National titles - 9
Other achievements:
* Lit the Olympic flame at the 1956 Melbourne Games, aged 19
* Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - 1966
* Inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame - 1985
* Gold Coast Mayor - 2004-12
* Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - 2013
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