Jon Solly

Jon Solly
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for England
Commonwealth Games
	1986 Edinburgh	10,000 Metres

Jonathan "Jon" Solly (born 28 June 1963) is an English former long-distance runner, who won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He achieved his personal best time of 27:51.76 minutes at Crystal Palace on 20 June 1986.

References

Jon Solly profile at IAAF
The Power of 10 Athlete Profile

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 10,000 metres

1930–1966: 6 miles 1970–present: 10,000 metres

1930: Billy Savidan (NZL) 1934: Arthur Penny (ENG) 1938: Cecil Matthews (NZL) 1950: Harold Nelson (NZL) 1954: Peter Driver (ENG) 1958: Dave Power (AUS) 1962: Bruce Kidd (CAN) 1966: Naftali Temu (KEN) 1970: Lachie Stewart (SCO) 1974: Dick Tayler (NZL) 1978: Brendan Foster (ENG) 1982: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 1986: Jon Solly (ENG) 1990: Eamonn Martin (ENG) 1994: Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998: Simon Maina (KEN) 2002: Wilberforce Talel (KEN) 2006: Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (UGA) 2010–2014: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)

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