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    Francois Robert "Rob" de Castella AO, MBE (born 27 February 1957) is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. De Castella is widely known as...
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  • Charles Hubert de Castella (27 March 1825 – 30 October 1907) was a Swiss-Australian writer, artist and winemaker. De Castella was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland...
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  • Look up castella or castellà in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Castella is a type of Japanese sponge cake. Castella or de Castella may also refer to:...
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    Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) Johnny Hayes Sohn Kee-chung Robert de Castella Khalid Khannouchi Kelvin Kiptum Haile Gebrselassie Patrick Makau Joan...
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    worst pre-game display in Australian sporting history. Fellow guest Robert de Castella believed Anderson struggled with Waverley Park's poor acoustics, while...
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    marathon runner and then Head of the Australian Institute of Sport Robert de Castella and rock singer Angry Anderson were transported to the middle of the...
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    history came in 1981 and it was again an Australian runner, this time Robert de Castella, whose time of 2:08:18 hours became the new world standard. In 2020...
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    chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation 1983 Robert de Castella MBE 1957 Marathon runner 1984 Lowitja O'Donoghue CBE 1932 Aboriginal...
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    medal favorite, World Record holder and the then World Champion, Robert de Castella from Australia, finished in 5th place, 1:48 behind Lopes. A marathon...
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    2011, the following athletes have been recognised - Alisa Camplin, Robert De Castella, John Eales, Simon Fairweather, Neil Fuller, Bridgette Gusterson,...
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    v t e World champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA)...
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    bronze medalist) Karel Lismont of Belgium, and tenth-place finisher Robert de Castella of Australia. The two-time defending champion, Waldemar Cierpinski...
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  • (1919–2009), Maltese comedian Gaylene Clews, Australian runner; wife of Robert de Castella Henry Clews (1836–1923), American financier Paul Clews (born 1979)...
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  • Commonwealth Games in 2006. In 2010 he was named as the Australian team's chef de mission for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. In 2014 he was named...
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  • 12 July 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2017. "2000m Steeplechase Result". istaf.de. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017. "2000m Steeplechase Results"...
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    marathon—with a time of 2:08:05, breaking the world record of Australian Robert de Castella by 13 seconds. Jones was unaware of the record and, since he never...
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    late 2015/early 2016 led to wins at the Cross Internacional de Itálica, Cross International de la Constitución, Boclassic and Great Ethiopian Run. He was...
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    Thompson (ENG) 1978:  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 1982:  Robert de Castella (AUS) 1986:  Robert de Castella (AUS) 1990:  Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1994:  Steve...
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  •  Michael Musyoki (KEN) 1:00:43  Lisa Martin (AUS) 1:09:45 7th 1987  Robert de Castella (AUS) 1:02:04  Lisa Martin (AUS) 1:10:00 8th 1988  John Treacy (IRL)...
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    v t e World champions in men's marathon 1983: Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1993: Mark Plaatjes (USA)...
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    European record time of 2:08:39, two seconds behind the race winner, Robert de Castella. He then decided to run the 10,000 metres at the 1983 World Championships...
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    fifth-place finisher Steve Moneghetti and eighth-place finisher Robert de Castella of Australia, and seventh-place finisher Juma Ikangaa of Tanzania...
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    2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi  United States Oceania (records) 2:07:51* Robert de Castella  Australia South America (records) 2:06:05 Ronaldo da Costa  Brazil...
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    Championships Gold Silver Bronze 1983 Helsinki details  Robert de Castella (AUS)  Kebede Balcha (ETH)  Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR) 1987 Rome details  Douglas...
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  • RANK ATHLETE TIME DATE EVENT 1. Robert de Castella (AUS) 2:07.51 April 21 Boston, United States 2. Zithulele Sinqe (RSA) 2:08.04 May 3 Port Elizabeth,...
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  • Marathon bronze medallist and reigning Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski (DDR) celebrates with gold medal winner Robert de Castella (AUS)....
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  • Swans West Coast Eagles Western Bulldogs Athletics – Cathy Freeman, Robert de Castella Australian football – Michael Long, Michael O'Loughlin, Eddie Betts...
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  • is represented by nine long-distance runners (all men), including Robert de Castella, at the seventh IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Limerick...
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  • NCIS: Los Angeles Nick Simpson-Deeks (born 1980), Australian actor Robert de Castella (born 1957), Australian marathon runner, nicknamed "Deeks" Browne...
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    500 $0 33:26 Beverly Roland-Miller  United States 41:26 8 1982 $0 Robert de Castella  Australia 32:45* Ellen Hart 38:24 9 1983 5,620 $0 Joseph Nzau  Kenya...
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