# Buddy Edelen

> Leonard Graves "Buddy" Edelen was an American marathoner. Based in England for most of his prime competitive years, in 1963 Edelen became the first man to run a marathon faster than 2 hours and 15 minutes when he set a world record of 2:14:28. Edelen also won the 1964 U.S. Olympic marathon trials at Yonkers and represented the U.S. in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

*American marathoner (1937–1997)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-09-22
- **Died:** 1997-02-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Buddy Edelen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Edelen)
- [بودى اديلين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Buddy Edelen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Edelen)
- [بڈی ایڈیلن](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86)
- [Leonard Edelen](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Edelen)
- [Leonard Edelen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Edelen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001185)

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