Galen Rupp

Galen Rupp
	Rupp at the 2012 London Olympics
Personal information
Born	May 8, 1986; Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics/Track, Long-distance running
Event(s)	10,000 meters, 5000 meters, 3000 meters, 1500 meters, Half marathon, Marathon
College team	Oregon Ducks
Club	Nike
Turned pro	June 2009
Coached by	Mike Smith
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2008 Beijing; 10,000 m, 13th; 2012 London; 10,000 m, Silver; 5000 m, 7th; 2016 Rio de Janeiro; 10,000 m, 5th; Marathon, Bronze; 2020 Tokyo; Marathon, 8th;
World finals	2007 Osaka; 10,000 m, 11th; 2009 Berlin; 10,000 m, 8th; 2011 Daegu; 10,000 m, 7th; 5000 m, 9th; 2013 Moscow; 10,000 m, 4th; 5000 m, 8th; 2015 Beijing; 10,000 m, 5th; 5000 m, 5th;
Personal bests	1500 m: 3:34.15 (Brussels 2014); Mile: 3:52.11 (London 2013); 5000 m: 12:58.90 (Eugene 2012); 10,000 m: 26:44.36 (Eugene 2014); Indoors; 800 m: 1:49.87i OT (Seattle 2009); 1500 m: 3:34.78i+ (Boston 2013); Mile: 3:50.92i (Boston 2013); 3000 m: 7:30.16i (Stockholm 2013); 2-mile: 8:07.41i (Boston 2014); 5000 m: 13:01.26i (Boston 2014); Road; Half marathon: 59:47 (Rome 2018); Marathon: 2:06:07 (Prague 2018);
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Pan American Junior Championships
World Marathon Majors

Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters in London and the bronze medal in the men's marathon in Rio de Janeiro. Rupp competed for the University of Oregon and trained under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. He won the 2017 Chicago Marathon, becoming the first American to do so since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Rupp won the marathon at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta with a time of 2:09:20, and qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, where he finished eighth.

Rupp holds or held multiple U.S. records at the high school, collegiate and senior levels. He is considered to be one of the greatest American distance runners of all time.

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