Haywood was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and started running at the age of 12. He joined the Bankstown Sports Athletics Club and was coached by Bill Williamson. He won his first national title in 1969, when he became the Australian champion in the 10,000 metres walk. He switched to running in the early 1970s and improved his personal bests in various distances. He won the Australian marathon title in 1973 and 1975, and also won several road races, including the City to Surf in Sydney in 1973 and 1974.[2]
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^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
ross, haywood, born, february, 1947, australian, long, distance, runner, competed, marathon, 1976, summer, olympics, montreal, canada, also, represented, australia, 1974, british, commonwealth, games, christchurch, zealand, where, finished, seventh, metres, ni. Ross Haywood born 18 February 1947 is an Australian long distance runner He competed in the marathon at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Canada 1 He also represented Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch New Zealand where he finished seventh in the 10 000 metres and ninth in the marathon Ross HaywoodPersonal informationNationalityAustralianBorn 1947 02 18 18 February 1947 age 77 SportSportLong distance runningEventMarathonEarly life and career editHaywood was born in Sydney New South Wales and started running at the age of 12 He joined the Bankstown Sports Athletics Club and was coached by Bill Williamson He won his first national title in 1969 when he became the Australian champion in the 10 000 metres walk He switched to running in the early 1970s and improved his personal bests in various distances He won the Australian marathon title in 1973 and 1975 and also won several road races including the City to Surf in Sydney in 1973 and 1974 2 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Ross Haywood Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 10 May 2017 Ross Haywood vrwc org au External links editRoss Haywood at Australian Athletics Historical Results nbsp Ross Haywood at Olympedia nbsp Ross Haywood at the Australian Olympic Committee nbsp Ross Haywood at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Australian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ross Haywood amp oldid 1181996302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
