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Steve Jones (athlete)

Steve Jones is a Welsh athlete, former world marathon champion. He began his career as an aircraft technician in the RAF and began training for the marathon in 1983. In 1984, he ran his first competitive marathon in Chicago, coming in at two hours eight minutes and thus breaking the world record. He won the London Marathon in 1985.

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