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Apr 29, 1947 Wichita, Kansas, United States 77 years old
politician and athletics competitor, middle distance runner, U. S. Congressman
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About Jim Ryun
- James Ronald Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is a former American politician and track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner.
- He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.
- He is the last American to hold the world record in the mile run.
- Ryun later served in the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing Kansas' 2nd congressional district for the Republican Party.
