{{Short description|Canadian marathon runner (born 1949)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_name = Richard Hughson | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|08|14}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Athletics | event = Marathon | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Canada}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1979 San Juan|Marathon}} }} '''Richard Hughson''' (born August 14, 1949) is a Canadian former athlete who competed in marathon events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Experience is essential for a long run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992803054 |work=Waterloo Region Record |date=March 23, 1979}}</ref>
Hughson grew up in Ridgeway, Ontario, a small community near Fort Erie. He started training with the Spartan club in Hamilton and early in his career specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase, winning a national junior championship in 1968, then setting a national junior record the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rick's in a big hurry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1009303631 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |date=May 10, 1975}}</ref>
Taking up marathon running in 1975, Hughson was fourth at the 1976 New York City Marathon and came second at the trials for that year's Olympics without getting selected for the team, with third-place finisher Tom Howard preferred ahead of him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Larry Anstett |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992831566 |work=Waterloo Region Record |date=October 24, 1978}}</ref> He won the 1977 Niagara Falls International Marathon. In 1978, Hughson won his first national championship and set a personal best of 2:13:21 at the Fukuoka Marathon. He was a bronze medalist at the 1979 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Third in Pan-Am marathon, Hughson upset by 'cheating' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/992766675 |work=Waterloo Region Record |date=July 16, 1979}}</ref>
Hughson holds a PhD from McMaster University, where he was an assistant professor of kinesiology between 1977 and 1982. He became a professor of kinesiology at the University of Waterloo.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lack of funds slows Rich |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1009248840 |work=The Hamilton Spectator |date=November 24, 1976}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics|canada/richard-hughson-14348553}}
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