Ron Daws (June 21, 1937 – July 28, 1992) was a

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and 1968 Summer Olympics men's marathon athlete. Born in

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, he also competed at the

1967 Pan-American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

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and finished first in the National AAU Marathon also in 1967 on June 11. Daws was a friend of Steve Hoag and Jim Berka. The three often finished 1-2-3 in Minnesota races. He was married to

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in the 1980s, who he later divorced. In 1984, Daws appeared on ''The Mary Hanson Show'' (named after his wife, Mary Hanson, whom he married in October 1991). Daws died of a

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in 1992. In honor of his death, in 1993, the Minnesota Distance Running Association Ron Daws 25K in Minneapolis was renamed after him.

Publications

* ''Self-Made Olympian'',

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, 1977, * "Marathon Training" (article), '' Marathoner'', Spring 1978Ron Daws MARATHON TRAINING
at The Lydiard Foundation, retrieved 20 April 2010 * ''Running Your Best: The Committed Runner's Guide to Training and Racing'',

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, 1985,

References

External links

Ron Daws
The Souhrada Family Website, retrieved 20 April 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Daws, Ron 1938 births 1992 deaths Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics American male marathon runners Track and field athletes from Minneapolis 20th-century American writers 20th-century American male writers Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States