Derek Stevens.

About Derek Stevens

Derek Stevens is a retired runner from Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom, who was a top long distance runner at many global races in the 1980s. He was a top finisher at the 1985 Fukuoka Marathon in Japan and the 1982 London Marathon and the 1983 Geneva Marathon in Switzerland. In Australia, he took second in the 1983 Melbourne Marathon behind Juma Ikangaa. He was on the heels of Fred Torneden in 1983 at the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon. While also in the United States, he followed in fellow countryman Gerry Helme's steps when he beat Don Norman, Barney Klecker, and Dick Beardsley on route to a 2:12:41 to win the Grandma's Marathon in 1984. His time stands as one of the fastest marathons ever run by a British athlete.