Achievements in Sports
- 1979 - won the Victorian Championship and the Australian marathon title.
- 1980 - 10th in the 1980 Summer Olympics marathon in Moscow.
- 1981 - won the Fukuoka Marathon in 2h 08'18" (world record from 1981 to 1984)
- 1981 - won and set fastest time of 40min 13" in City to Surf, Sydney. (this time bettered in 1991)
- 1982 - won the 1982 Commonwealth Games marathon in Brisbane in 2h 09'18"
- 1983 - won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2h 08'37"
- 1983 - won the 1983 World Championships in Athletics marathon in Helsinki in 2h 10'03"
- 1984 - 5th in the Olympic Marathon in Los Angeles
- 1984 - 3rd in the Chicago Marathon in 2h 09'09"
- 1985 - 3rd in the Chicago Marathon in 2h 08'48"
- 1986 - won the 1986 Commonwealth Games marathon in Edinburgh in 2h 10'15"
- 1986 - won the Boston marathon in 2h 07'51"
- 1987 - won the Great North Run in 1h 02'04"
- 1988 - 4th in the Tokyo International Marathon in 2h 08'49"
- 1988 - 8th in the 1988 Summer Olympics marathon in Seoul
- 1991 - won the Rotterdam Marathon in 2h 09'42"
- 1992 - finished 26th in Olympic Marathon, Barcelona
- 2000 - awarded the Australian Sports Medal.
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