Graham Crouch (11 January 1948,

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– 28 November 2019, Lengenfeld,

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) was an Australian former middle-distance runner who competed in the

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Crouch won the 1500m at the 1968/69 and 1977/78 Australian Athletics Championship. He also won 5000 m at 1975/76 Championships. Crouch's fifth place run in the classic 1974 Commonwealth Games 1500m established a new Australian record, breaking that set by Herb Elliot at the 1960 Olympic Games. He was a member of the Box Hill Athletics Club. He was married and lived in Lengenfeld (Germany). In the last week of November 2019 he lost his fight with cancer.

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Athletics Australia Results
1948 births 2019 deaths Australian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian sportspeople 21st-century Australian sportspeople Sportspeople from Ballarat Australian Athletics Championships winners {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub