Ian William Richards (born April 12, 1948 in Stockport, Cheshire) is a racewalker from England, who represented Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[1] There he ended up in 11th place in the men's 50 km race, clocking 4:22.57.[1] Two years after the Olympics Richards retired from competition,[2] before returning to competition at the age of 60.[3]
Ian Richards
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(1948-04-12) April 12, 1948 (age 75) Stockport, England
At the 2013 World Masters Athletics Championships in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Richards set a world record in the M65 5,000 meter racewalk (the event for men aged 65–69 years), with a time of 24:13.10,[4] and was second in the M65 10,000 meter racewalk.[5]
In 2019, Richards broke the M70 world record (the record for men aged 70–74 years) in the 3,000 meter racewalk at the World Masters Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[7] Later that year, he was named Sports Personality of the Year at the Sussex Sports Awards, for his successes in the preceding year and for being an inspiration to other athletes in Sussex.[8]
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^ abc. Sports Reference. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
^"WMA Athletes of the Decade (2010 – 2019)". MastersRankings.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"Ian Richards". Centurions Worldwide. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"2013 WMA Outdoor Championships Porto Alegre, Brazil | Results" (PDF). World Masters Athletics. p. 86. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^"2013 WMA Outdoor Championships Porto Alegre, Brazil | Results" (PDF). World Masters Athletics. p. 189. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ ab"Athlete Profile | Ian Richards". The Power of 10. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^Smythe, Steve (25 March 2019). "Ian Richards breaks race walk world record at World Masters". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^Dunford, Mark (23 November 2019). "Worthing sports stars crowned winners at Sussex Sports Awards 2019". Worthing Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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