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{{short description|British long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
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|name           = Richard Nerurkar
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|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1964|1|6|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [[Wolverhampton]], England
|height         = 1.78 m
|weight         = 64 kg
|club           = Bingley Harriers<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bingleyharriers.org.uk/html/champions.htm |title=Bingley Harriers – Champions}}</ref>
|coach          = [[Bruce Tulloh]] 
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'''Richard David Nerurkar''' <small>[[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small> (born 6 January 1964) is a former [[track and field]] athlete from Great Britain, competing in the [[long-distance running]] events. He participated in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1996 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69339 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nerurkar was born in [[Wolverhampton]], England, to an [[India]]n father and English mother,<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/nerurkar-on-a-new-mission-1276034.html Nerurkar on a new mission]</ref> he moved to [[Bradford]], where he attended [[Bradford Grammar School]]. He has a brother and sister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegoal.com/players/trackfield/nerurkar_richard/nerurkar_richard.html |title=Richard Nerurkar}}</ref> He was a language teacher at [[Marlborough College]] between 1989 and 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marlboroughcollege.org/omc_Sporting_Achievements.aspx |title=Old Marlburian sporting achievements}}</ref>

Nerurkar became the [[List of British champions in 10,000 metres|British 10,000 metres champion]] after winning the British [[AAA Championships]] title at the [[1990 AAA Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 June 2025}}</ref> He won the English national cross-country championship three times and twice finished in the top 20 in the World Cross-Country Championships. On the track, he finished fifth in the 10,000 metres in the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]] in Tokyo. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he represented [[Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] and finished 17th in the 10,000m final.<ref name=oly/>

He held the British record for 10 miles of 46:02, set in October 1993 (and which wasn't broken until March 2023 by [[Emile Cairess]]). That year he moved up in distance to the [[marathon (sport)|marathon]].{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

He won his debut marathon in [[Hamburg]] in a time of 2:10:57 and went on to win his second marathon, the World Cup Marathon in [[San Sebastián]], in October 1993. His other marathons included a personal best time of 2:08:36 in the 1997 [[London Marathon]] where he also finished in fifth place. His time was the third fastest of all time by a British athlete and is the fourth fastest as of 2016. His greatest performance was arguably at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, representing [[Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Great Britain]] he finished in fifth place.<ref name=oly/>  

Nerurkar is general manager of the [[Great Ethiopian Run]] event hosted yearly in [[Addis Ababa]], an event he started in 2001 with Ethiopian long-distance runner [[Haile Gebrselassie]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/grandstand/4041971.stm |title=Running for Ethiopia |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2004-11-26 |accessdate=2010-07-18}}</ref> He is the author of the book ''Marathon Running: From Beginning to Elite'' ({{ISBN|978-0713668308}}). 

His son [[Lukas Nerurkar]] is a professional cyclist.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://efprocycling.com/racing/lukas-nerurkar-steps-up-to-the-worldtour-with-ef-education-easypost/ | title=Lukas Nerurkar steps up to the WorldTour with EF Education-EasyPost | publisher={{UCI team code|EFD|2023}} | work=efprocycling.com | date=19 September 2023 | accessdate=19 September 2023}}</ref>

He was awarded the MBE in 2002.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}

== Achievements ==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}}
|-
|1989
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Duisburg, West Germany]]
|12th
|5000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 5000 metres|14:03.07]]
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
|5th
|10,000 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|28:07.81]]
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]]
|5th
|10,000 m
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres|27:57.14]]
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Barcelona|Barcelona, Spain]]
|17th
|10,000 m
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|28:48.48]]
|-
|1993
|[[Hamburg Marathon]] 
|[[Hamburg, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:57
|-
|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Marathon Cup|World Cup Marathon]]
|[[San Sebastián]], Spain
|bgcolor="gold"  | 1st
|Marathon
|2:10:03
|-
|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|4th
|Marathon
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|2:11:56]] 
|-
|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|7th
|Marathon
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon|2:15:47]] 
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta, United States]]
|5th
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:13:39]] 
|-
|1998
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|8th
|Marathon
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon|2:14:02]]
|}

== Personal bests ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance
! Mark
! Date
! Location
|-
|  3,000 metres || 7:48.00 || 1992 || Nice
|-
|  5,000 metres || 13:23.26 || 1990 || Brussels 
|-
| 10,000 metres || 27:40.03 || 1993 || Oslo
|-
| Half Marathon || 1:01:06 || 1996 || Ivry-sur-Seine
|-
| Marathon || 2:08:36 || 1997 || London
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=2330 British Olympic Committee]
* [http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=1182 Power of 10 profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/richard-nerurkar-1.html Olympic record]

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|great-britain-ni/david-richard-nerurkar-14190268|David Richard Nerurkar}}
* {{Power of 10|1182}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|richard-david-nerurkar|Richard David Nerurkar}}

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[[Category:Athletes from Bradford]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain]]
[[Category:People educated at Bradford Grammar School]]
[[Category:English people of Indian descent]]
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[[Category:British expatriates in Ethiopia]]