# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-hill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:34:57.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-hill"
name: "Ron Hill"
slug: "ron-hill"
description: "Ronald Hill MBE was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world record. He ran two Olympic Marathons, and achieved a personal marathon record of 2:09:28. In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30. He also won gold medals for the marathon at the European Championships in 1969 and the Commonwealth Games in 1970. Hill laid claim to the longest streak of consecutive days running – every day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017."
tagline: "English former runner and clothing entrepreneur (1938–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Hill_1975_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1938-09-25"
deathDate: "2021-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.99914133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ron Hill"
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    title: "Ron Hill"
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    title: "Рон Гілл"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump