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American long-distance runner and coach This article is about the long-distance runner. For the college linebacker, see Steve Brantley Spence.
Steve Spence
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's athletics
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo Marathon

Steve Spence (born May 9, 1962, in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania) is a United States long-distance runner and coach. One of his many accomplishments was winning a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. He graduated from Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, where he ran track. He then attended Shippensburg University, where he won numerous NCAA Division Two national titles in the 5000m run. Spence is now the head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Shippensburg University.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  United States
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 3rd Marathon 2:15:36
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 12th Marathon 2:15:21

References

USA Championship winners in the men's half marathon
US National Championship winners in men's Marathon
1925-1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1980–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–present
USA Track & Field
1992 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification
Men's track
and road athletes
Men's
field athletes
Women's track
and road athletes
Women's
field athletes
Coaches


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