Stephen Cram, CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1,500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1,500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1,500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games.
In 2000, Cram co-founded international children’s charity COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas) with British Army Major Jim Panton after running the Bosnia Comrades ultramarathon in 1998. Cram remains chairman of COCO, an organisation which currently provides education to children living in poor, remote parts of East Africa.[5]
In 2008, Cram was appointed Chancellor of the University of Sunderland, replacing Lord Puttnam,[6][7] and in 2009 was elected as President of Jarrow & Hebburn Athletics Club.[8]
Cram now works as a television presenter and athletics commentator, motivational speaker and athletics coach. In 2021, he was elected as the new president of the British Orienteering Federation.[9][10]
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^ abLuhtala, Seppo (2002). Top Distance Runners of the Century. Meyer & Meyer Sport. p. 80. ISBN 9781841260693. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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^COCO (Comrades of Children Overseas) https://www.coco.org.uk
^Going the extra mile for Sunderland The Guardian (London), 6 November 2008
^Steve Cram named new Chancellor Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine University of Sunderland, 23 May 2008
^Jarrow Arrow will inspire new generation of athletes Shields Gazette, 28 August 2009
^"Steve Cram CBE Elected as British Orienteering's Fifth President". www.britishorienteering.org.uk.
^"Steve Cram CBE Elected as British Orienteering's Fifth President". theoia.co.uk. 30 April 2021.
Stephen Cram, CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was...
ran a poor tactical race in the final and finished 4th, behind winner SteveCram. He was yet to reach his peak for 1983, which followed with a 1500 m world...
previous time being in 2004. Retired, accomplished athletes including SteveCram, Hicham El Guerrouj, and Filbert Bayi attended, all of whom have had the...
Interview, SteveCram" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012. "News Story – SteveCram named...
BBC were David Coleman, Ron Pickering, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickinson, SteveCram, Andrew Cotter, Stuart Storey, Paula Radcliffe, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson...
remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and SteveCram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s. Following...
the UK Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, a performance which commentator SteveCram called "the best performance by a male British distance runner for a generation"...
In 1980, the world mile record was set in this race by Steve Ovett, and in 1985 SteveCram also set a new world mile record. Numerous National records...
Retrieved 12 November 2021. "Steve Ovett". UK Athletics. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009. "SteveCram". UK Athletics. Archived...
Institute of Sport at SportCity was unveiled by the middle-distance runner SteveCram. This sculpture, commissioned in late 2001, was created in a little over...
the London Marathon coverage and commentary team alongside Gaby Logan, SteveCram, Paula Radcliffe and Andrew Cotter. In November 2019, it was announced...
Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009. SteveCram (presenter) (26 April 2009). "The 2009 London Marathon Highlights". British...
personal best by 13 minutes and 46 seconds. Subsequently commentators SteveCram and Brendan Foster noted that only 88 British women had run a sub-3-hour...
Athletics West in the United States. The British trio Sebastian Coe, SteveCram and Steve Ovett, dominated middle distance running in the late 1970s and 1980s...
in broadcasting for the BBC and her partner is fellow BBC commentator SteveCram with whom she lives in Northumberland. Allison Curbishley at World Athletics...
Rieti 2 2:12.18 Sebastian Coe Great Britain 11 July 1981 Oslo 3 2:12.88 SteveCram Great Britain 9 August 1985 Gateshead 4 2:13.08 Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria...
Jürgen Straub East Germany Steve Ovett Great Britain 1984 Los Angeles details Sebastian Coe Great Britain SteveCram Great Britain José Manuel Abascal...
Duke of Edinburgh Award: Toyah Willcox Barry McGuigan Christopher Reeve SteveCram Tessa Sanderson Sarah Hardcastle John Cleese Michael Ball Nicholas Lyndhurst...
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