Paul Bannon (runner)

Montag, 22. März 1954

Paul Bannon (born 22 March 1954) is a Canadian long-distance runner. He won bronze medal in the marathon at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Bannon grew up in Scotland and was a promising junior athlete. In 1973 he accepted an athletics scholarship at Memphis State University where in 1991 he was honored in the Memphis Tigers hall of fame. Bannon was selected for the 1978 Commonwealth Games marathon in Edmonton, Canada. He won a bronze medal behind winner Gidamis Shahanga and fellow Canadian Jerome Drayton. Five years laterhe went on to win the Vancouver Marathon which was long due to misdirection.