 Steve Cram while carrying the Torch for the 2008 Summer Olympics as it passes through Whitehall in London. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Stephen Cram[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Jarrow Arrow[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1960[1][2] Gateshead, England[1][3][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 10 st 12 lb (69 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, Mile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jarrow & Hebburn[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 1:42.88[4] 1500 metres: 3:29.67[4] Mile: 3:46.32[4] 3000 metres: 7:43.1[4] 2-mile: 8:14.93[4] 5000 metres: 13:28.58[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Cram, CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1,500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1,500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1,500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.
In 2000, Cram co-founded international children’s charity COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas) with British Army Major Jim Panton after running the Bosnia Comrades ultramarathon in 1998. Cram remains chairman of COCO, an organisation which currently provides education to children living in poor, remote parts of East Africa.[5]
In 2008, Cram was appointed Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, replacing Lord Puttnam,[6][7] and in 2009 was elected as President of Jarrow & Hebburn Athletics Club.[8]
Cram now works as a television presenter and athletics commentator, motivational speaker and athletics coach. In 2021, he was elected as the new president of the British Orienteering Federation.[9][10]
- ^ a b c d "Steve Cram". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b Luhtala, Seppo (2002). Top Distance Runners of the Century. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 80. ISBN 9781841260693. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Steve Cram". britishathletics.org.uk. UK Athletics. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f All-Athletics. "Profile of Steve Cram".
- ^ COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas) https://www.coco.org.uk
- ^ Going the extra mile for Sunderland The Guardian (London), 6 November 2008
- ^ Steve Cram named new Chancellor Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine University of Sunderland, 23 May 2008
- ^ Jarrow Arrow will inspire new generation of athletes Shields Gazette, 28 August 2009
- ^ "Steve Cram CBE Elected as British Orienteering's Fifth President". www.britishorienteering.org.uk.
- ^ "Steve Cram CBE Elected as British Orienteering's Fifth President". theoia.co.uk. 30 April 2021.