{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Jeff Norman | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|02|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leigh, Lancashire, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = long-distance | height = 173 cm | weight = 59 kg | club = Altrincham & District AC }}

'''George Jeffrey Norman''' (born 6 February 1945 in Leigh, Lancashire) is a male British former long-distance, marathon, cross country and fell runner. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/jeff-norman-1.html |accessdate=7 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095820/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/jeff-norman-1.html |archivedate=18 May 2015 }}</ref>

== Biography == Norman won the Three Peaks Race six times between 1970 and 1975 setting a course record in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=Three Peaks Race: Mountain marathon|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/three-peaks-race-mountain-marathon-1-6564359|website=Yorkshire Post|accessdate=14 September 2015|date=20 April 2014}}</ref>

Norman became the British marathon champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1975 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=30 May 2025}}</ref> He would podium twice more at the AAAs in 1976 and 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=31 May 2025}}</ref>

At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain in the men's marathon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69351 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

He represented England in the marathon, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edmonton-1978/athletes|title=1978 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39249|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929142111/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39249|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Norman set the British 50&nbsp;km track record on 7 June 1980 in Timperley with a time of 2:48:06.<ref name=gbra>{{cite web|title=UNITED KINGDOM ALL-COMERS RECORDS AND BEST PERFORMANCES|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/gballcom.htm|website=GBR Athletics|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> He also formerly held the British road record for the same distance, having run a time of 2:53:21 on 23 February 1985 in Douglas, Isle of Man.<ref name=gbra/><ref>[https://www.fastrunning.com/events-and-races/race-reports/aly-dixon-is-world-50km-champion/26829 Fast Running: Aly Dixon is World 50km Champion & New World Record Holder.]</ref>

== Competition record == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="9"|Representing {{GBR}} and {{ENG}} |- |1976 |Olympic Games |Montreal, Canada |26th |Marathon |2:20:04 |- |1978 |Freckleton Half Marathon |Freckleton, Lancashire |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half Marathon |1:06:18 |- |1978 |Commonwealth Games |Edmonton, Canada |12th |Marathon |2:22:23 |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://more.arrs.run/runner/9473 Jeff Norman] at Association of Road Running Statisticians * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb03ntT-I9s British Movietone on YouTube: 1972 Three Peaks Race, won by Jeff Norman]

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Jeff}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Leigh, Greater Manchester Category:Sportspeople from Wigan Category:English men marathon runners Category:British men marathon runners Category:British fell runners Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England