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{{short description|American racewalker}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games|1967 Winnipeg]] | 20km Walk}} 
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'''Ronald Owen Laird''' (born May 31, 1938, in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]) was a [[race walker]] from the [[United States]], who competed for the [[New York Athletic Club]]. He represented his native country at four Olympiads. His best finish was 19th place in the men's 50&nbsp;km walk at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome, Italy]]. He won the 20&nbsp;km event at the [[1967 Pan American Games]], and finished 25th in that event in the Mexico City [[1968 Summer Olympics]] and 20th in the Montreal [[1976 Summer Olympics]], but was disqualified in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] event in Tokyo.

==References==
* [http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=91 USATF Hall of Fame Bio]
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/ron-laird-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190924/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/ron-laird-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Ron Laird}}

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[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games]]
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