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Bruce Fordyce
Bruce Fordyce at his 500th parkrun
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1955-12-03) 3 December 1955 (age 68)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Sport
Sport
  • marathon
  • ultramarathon
Medal record
Bronze medal – third place Comrades Marathon 1979
Silver medal – second place Comrades Marathon 1980
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1981
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1982
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1983
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1984
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1985
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1986
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1987
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1988
Gold medal – first place Comrades Marathon 1990

Bruce Noel Stevenson Fordyce (born 3 December 1955 in Hong Kong) is a South African marathon and ultramarathon athlete. He is best known for having won the South African Comrades Marathon a record nine times, of which eight wins were consecutive. He also won the London to Brighton Ultramarathon three years in a row. He is the former world record holder over 50 miles and the former world record holder over 100 km.

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world best for the 50 mile distance, completing it in 4:50:07 (besting Bruce Fordyce's previous 36-year old record by 14 seconds). Walmsley won the World...

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and Randlord James Percy FitzPatrick - Author and mining financier Bruce Fordyce - 9 times Comrades Marathon winner Nadine Gordimer - Political activist...

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Chrissie Wellington

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(2014). Parkrun: much more than just a run in the park. Foreword by Bruce Fordyce. Chequered Flag Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9569460-7-2. Müller, Mathias;...

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John Collingwood Bruce

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Victor Conte

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Laurence Bruce

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