Bruce Tulloh

Michael Bruce Swinton Tulloh ( born September 29, 1935 in Datchet, Berkshire ) is a former British middle and long distance runners. The 1.71 m wide and its competition time only 54 kg Tulloh, was active on the routes from the mile to 10,000 meters.

1959 Tulloh masters of British AAA over 3 miles. On this track he made in 1960 in 13:17,2 minutes a new British record. But at the Olympic Games in Rome, he retired about 5000 meters already made ​​in the flow.

In 1961, he improved the 3 -mile record at 13:12,0 minutes. In 1962, he won the 5000 - meter race at the European Championships in Belgrade. In 14:00,6 minutes he was just ahead of Poland Kazimierz Zimny ​​and the Russian Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov, in Rome and in 1962 in Belgrade over 10,000 meters was successful in 1960. End of November 1962 took place the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. Tulloh was over three miles fourth in 13:37,91 minutes, three and a half seconds behind the winner Murray Halberg. Also won over a mile with a New Zealander Peter Snell, in this final was Tulloh Ninth and Last.

After he had become 1962 and 1963 AAA champion over three miles, he switched to the even longer distances. In 1966 he set a new British record over six miles in 27:23,78 minutes. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1966, he was sixth in the 10,000 meters 28:50,4 minutes.

After his career of trained agricultural scientist was also active as Senior Athlete. As a coach, he worked on the marathon runner Richard Nerurkar.

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