What is Murray Halberg?
[[File:Murray Halberg ONZ (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Halberg in 2008]] [[Sir]] '''Murray Gordon Halberg''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZ|MBE}} (born 7 July 1933) is a [[New Zealand]] former [[Middle distance race|middle-distance runner]]. He was born in [[Eketahuna]]. He won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 [[Commonwealth Games]]. In 1963, he set up the Halberg Trust, which supports children with [[disabilities]] to be active in sport, creation and [[leisure]]. The organisation rebranded in 2012 to become the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.halberg.co.nz/our-story/the-halberg-team/|title=Who we are|publisher=Halberg Disability Sport Foundation|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202132650/https://www.halberg.co.nz/our-story/the-halberg-team/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/murray-halberg-1.html Murray Halberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205134854/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/murray-halberg-1.html |date=2009-02-05 }} at Sports-Reference.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Halberg, Murray}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:New Zealand athletes]] [[Category:Middle-distance runners]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Island]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}