Johnny Miles

John C. "Johnny" Miles, C.M. (October 30, 1905 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian marathon runner. He won the Boston Marathon in 1926 and 1929.

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, he moved with his family to North Sydney, Nova Scotia. He won the Canadian five-mile (8 km) championship in 1925 and the Halifax Herald convert|10|mi|km|sing=on competition in the same year. Between his two wins in Boston, Miles won the Canadian 10,000 metre championship in 1928. He later won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1930 British Empire Games. He represented Canada at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics.

In 1982, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Miles died at age 97 in Hamilton, Ontario. At the time of his death, he was Canada's oldest living Olympic athlete.

References

* [http://www.nsshf.com/inductee_view.cfm?InducteeID=241 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame citation]
* [http://www.runnersweb.com/running/johnny_miles.html Article covering Johnny Miles]