Galen Rupp

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Born
1986 (39 years old)
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Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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Long Distance Runner

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Active

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White

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5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

Weight
135 lb (61 kg)

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					Mens Marathon Final	21 Aug 16

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Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2021 in Tokyo. In London, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters, and in Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon. Rupp competed for the University of Oregon and trained under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. He won the 2017 Chicago Marathon, the first American to do so since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Rupp won the US Olympic trials in Atlanta on February 29, 2020, in a time of 2:09:20, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he took 8th place.

Rupp holds multiple American records at high school, collegiate, and senior levels. They include records in the 10,000 meters with a time of 26:44.36 and at the indoor 2 mile, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters with times of 8:07.41, 7:30.16, and 13:01.26, respectively. He is often considered to be one of the greatest American distance runners of all time.

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