Malcolm Norwood is a medium and

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from Australia. In 1986, he was the country's National Champion in the

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race. He competed for Australia in the

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, and 1991 IAAF World Championship Cross Country Championships, as well as the

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, the 1992 World Half Marathon Championship and the 1993 World Championship Marathon. His professional running career began on July 21, 1984, when he ran in the Victorian Cross Country Championship with a time of 50:02 in the 16 km race. He has competed in a total of 33 professional races in Australia and 6 races in New Zealand. He has also competed in Germany, Japan, Belgium, England, and the United States. In his marathon debut, he flew to the

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to compete in the

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, run on October 6, 1991. Norwood said he would have rather run the Chicago Marathon that year, but was swayed to run Twin Cities because the $25,000 prize purse for first place was $17,500 more than Chicago's. More than 5,000 runners started in

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and headed to the finish line in the state capital city, St. Paul. Norwood battled with a pack of 20, and emerged in the last miles on Summit Avenue with just one other runner, U.S. Olympian

Bob Kempainen Robert Kempainen (born June 18, 1966, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired two-time Olympian long-distance runner from the United States. He participated in the 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and in 1996 (Atlanta, United States) Olympics. He made h ...

. With a final kick, Norwood moved ahead, beating Kempainen by only 2 seconds, winning in 2:12:10. Norwood's lifetime prize purse amounts to $25,350.

Early and personal life

Malcolm Norwood is known for his intense training regimen. He also has professed that he struggles with hyperactivity and uses running as an outlet.

Achievements

References

External links

Malcolm NORWOOD , Profile (worldathletics.org)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Norwood, Malcolm Living people Australian runners Year of birth missing (living people) Australian Athletics Championships winners