Erik Nedeau

American middle-distance runner

Erik Nedeau
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the United States
World Indoor Championships
	1995 Barcelona	1500 m

Erik Nedeau (born August 30, 1971), is a former international class middle-distance runner.

Early life and education

Nedeau grew up in Kennebunk, Maine and graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994.

Achievements

At the 5th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, held in Barcelona, Spain in March 1995, Erik Nedeau won the bronze medal in the 1500 meters with a time of 3:44.91. He finished third less than half a second behind 1500 world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco (3:44.54) and Mateo Cañellas of Spain (3:44.85)^[1]

US Rankings according to Track and Field News

800 meters: 1992 7th, 1994 10th, 1995 8th.

1500 meters: 1994 7th, 1995 5th, 1996 6th.

Personal bests

800 meters: 1:46.19, 1000 meters: 2:19.18, 1500 meters: 3:38.24, One Mile: 3:57

Current activity

Erik Nedeau was the Amherst College head coach of men's cross country and track from 1995 to 2017. Nedeau coached the college team to its first NCAA regional championship title in 2007.

References

^ http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/29jan08all_737.pdf IAAF results

External links

Track and Field News 1500 National Championships Results
Amherst bio

US National Championship winners in men's indoor Mile

1932–1979
Amateur Athletic Union

1932–3: Gene Venzke
1934–5: Glenn Cunningham
1936: Gene Venzke
1937: Archie San Romani
1938–9: Glenn Cunningham
1940: Chuck Fenske
1941: Walter Mehl
1942: Gil Dodds
1943: Frank Dixon
1944: Gil Dodds
1945: Jim Rafferty
1946: Les McMitchell
1947: Gil Dodds
1948: Tom Quinn
1949: Willem Slijkhuis (NED) * (3) Neil Pratt
1950: John Joe Barry (IRL) * (2) Horace Ashenfelter
1951: Fred Wilt
1952: Bill Mack
1953: Fred Dwyer
1954: Josy Barthel (LUX) * (2) Fred Wilt
1955: Wes Santee
1956–9: Ron Delany (IRL)
1960: Phil Coleman
1961: Jim Beatty
1962–3: Jim Beatty
1964: Ergas Leps (CAN) * (2) Vic Zwolak
1965–6: Jim Grelle
1967: Sam Bair
1968: Preston Davis
1969: Henryk Szordykowski (POL) * (2) Marty Liquori
1970: Marty Liquori
1971: Henryk Szordykowski (POL) * (2) John Mason
1972: Byron Dyce (JAM)
1973: Marty Liquori
1974: John Walker (NZL) * (2) Mike Slack
1975–6: Filbert Bayi (TAN) * (2) Paul Cummings
1977: Filbert Bayi (TAN) * (3) Joe Dubina
1978: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
1979: Steve Scott

1981–1992
The Athletics Congress

1980: Craig Masback
1981: Steve Scott
1982: Jim Spivey
1983: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
1984: Steve Scott
1985: Sydney Maree
1986: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1987: Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)
1988: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1989: Frank O'Mara (IRL)
1990: Steve Scott
1990: Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1991: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) * (2) Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1992: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) * (4) Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)

1993–present
USA Track & Field

1993: Noureddine Morceli (ALG) * (2) Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1994: William Tanui (KEN) * (2) Marcus O'Sullivan (IRL)
1995: Niall Bruton (IRL) * (3) Erik Nedeau
1996: Steve Holman
1997: Jason Pyrah
1998: Paul McMullen
1999: Matt Holthaus
2000: Jason Pyrah
2001: Seneca Lassiter
2002–3: Jason Lunn
2004: Rob Myers
2005: Scott McGowan
2006: Christopher Lukezic
2007: Alan Webb
2008–9: Rob Myers
2010: Leo Manzano
2011: Jeff See
2012: Leo Manzano
2013: Will Leer
2014: Lopez Lomong
2015–6: Matthew Centrowitz
2017: Ben Blankenship
2018: Paul Chelimo

Notes

*Distances have varied as follows: Mile (1940–2002) and 1932, 2007 and odd numbered years since 2011, 1500 meters (1933–1939), (2003–6, 2008–2010) and even numbered years since 2010