Feb 2, 1972 – South Africa’s Hendrick Ramaala, 2004 NYC Marathon Champion |
Feb 3, 1890 – George Horine, 1912 Olympic Bronze in High Jump; 1st 2-meter jump |
Feb 3, 1918 – Helen Stephens, 1936 Olympic Gold in 100m, 4x100m; 14 USA titles |
Feb 3, 1952 – Ken Schappert, 1973 NCAA Indoor 880y champ, 8 Penn Relays watches |
Feb 3, 1968 – Kenya's Mary Onyali, Olympic Bronze - 1992 4x100m, 1996 200m |
Feb 3, 1985 – Kenya’s Patrick Musyoki, 2011 Berlin Marathon Champ. WR 2:03:38 |
Feb 3, 1990 – Andy Bayer, 2012 NCAA Champion in 1,500 meters |
Feb 3, 1991 – Erik Kynard, 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist in High Jump |
Feb 4, 1963 – Mexico’s Andres Espinosa, 1993 New York City Marathon Champion |
Feb 7, 1927 – Russia’s Vladimir Kuts, 1956 Olympic Golds in 5,000 and 10,000 meters |
Feb 11, 1938 – Mohammed Gammoudi; Four Olympic medals incl 1968 5,000m Gold |
Feb 12, 1937 – Charles Dumas, 1956 Olympic high jump champ; first to jump seven feet |
Feb 12, 1952 – Henry Rono; WR 3,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m, steeple; 3-time NCAA X-C Champ |
Feb 14, 1941 – Earl Young, 1960 4x400m relay Olympic Gold; Two 1963 Pan Am Games Golds |
Feb 14, 1973 – Deena Kastor, US Record Marathon 2:19:36; 8-time US X-C champ |
Feb 15, 1981 – Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo, Marathon Champ; 2006/13 Boston, 2013 Chicago |
Feb 15, 1988 – Angela Bizzarri, 2009 NCAA Cross Country and 5,000 Meter Champion |