Zola Budd
South African competitive runner · South Africa · On the map · Born 1966 · age 60
Zola Budd is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres.
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![Pieterse at the 2012 Comrades Marathon. She finished in seventh place in the 2014 race, and was the first female veteran to cross the line.[18]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Zola_Pieterse%2C_2012_Comrades.jpg/500px-Zola_Pieterse%2C_2012_Comrades.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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She was also a two-time winner at the World Cross Country Championships (1985-1986). Budd mainly trained and raced barefoot. Her mile best of 4:17.57 in 1985 stood as the British record for 38 years until Laura Muir ran 4:15.24 on 21 July 2023.