Garry bjorklund biography books
Garry bjorklund biography books
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Garry Bjorklund
American middle- and long-distance runner
Garry Brian Bjorklund (born April 22, 1951) is an American middle- and long-distance runner.
He represented the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 meters. As a high schooler, he set a Minnesota state record for the mile run which lasted 39 years. At the University of Minnesota, he won the 1971 national championship in the six-mile run, and won numerous conference championships in various disciplines.
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Following his 1976 Summer Olympics appearance, Bjorklund became a marathon runner, and set a national age group record in 1980.
Early life and college career
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, on April 22, 1951,[2] Bjorklund spent his early years in Twig, where he lived on a farm.
In his high school years, he took up running; Bjorklund ran a mile in 4:19 his freshman year at Proctor High School.[3][4] At the 1969 Minnesota State Meets, he broke the state high school mile recor