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Murray Halberg

1933 - 2022

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Sir Murray Gordon Halberg (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games. He worked for the welfare of children with disabilities since he founded the Halberg Trust in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murray Halberg is the 1,671st most popular athlete (down from 1,012th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Murray Halberg ranks 1,671 out of 6,025. Before him are Virginie Hériot, Friedrich Maurer, Juris Silovs, Roger Gautier, Ulf Sterner, and Yoshinobu Miyake. After him are Herbert Gruber, Heather Oakes, Lien Gisolf, Archibald MacKinnon, Tom Richards, and Kęstutis Šapka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Murray Halberg ranks 451. Before him are Tony Jay, William Blum, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, Dušanka Sifnios, and Joe Orton. After him are Jonathan Penrose, Johannes Schaaf, Seydou Diarra, Boris Razinsky, Ellen Winther, and Michael Novak. Among people deceased in 2022, Murray Halberg ranks 522. Before him are Galina Shamrai, Alfredo Torres, Amos Sawyer, Ernest Shonekan, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, and Billy Bingham. After him are Enrique Rodríguez, Tomás Boy, Ilkka Kanerva, Richard Taruskin, Claes-Göran Hederström, and Héctor Pulido.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Murray Halberg ranks 88 out of 303. Before him are Peter O'Leary (1972), John Nicholson (1941), David Lange (1942), Dudley Storey (1939), Hugh Anderson (1936), and Eric Verdonk (1959). After him are Margaret Mahy (1936), Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), Neil Finn (1958), Jemaine Clement (1974), and Juliet Mitchell (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Murray Halberg ranks 10. Before him are Warren Cole (1940), Yvette Williams (1929), Joe Earl (1952), Dudley Storey (1939), Hugh Anderson (1936), and Eric Verdonk (1959). After him are Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), John Hunter (1943), Neroli Fairhall (1944), Tony Hurt (1946), and Simon Dickie (1951).

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