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Gerry Lindgren (born March 9, 1946 in Spokane, Washington) is an American track and field runner who is widely recognized as having been the best high school runner in the United States at the time.

In 1964, in his senior year at Rogers High School, Lindgren ran 5000 meters in 13 minutes and 44 seconds, setting a U.S. high school record for the distance that would remain unbroken for 40 years, until Galen Rupp ran 13:37.91 on July 30, 2004.

On July 25, 1964, Lindgren outran two seasoned Russian runners, Leonid Ivanov and Anatoly Dutov to win the 10,000 meter event in the US-USSR Track Meet in Los Angeles.

In the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, he finished eighth in the 10,000 meters behind gold medalist Billy Mills after having sustained an injury during training.

Lindgren attended Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where he majored in political science and minored in Russian language. Since 1980, when he curiously abandoned his wife and children (with whom he continues to have no contact), Lindgren has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii. He continues to run regularly, active in the Hawaii running community. In 2005, he began coaching the University of Hawaii's women's track and field team.

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