Randolph Rose

Randolph Arthur John Scott Rose (25 December 1901 – 4 March 1989) was a New Zealand middle distance runner.

In his first year of competitive running, he won a three-mile race at Wellington's Basin Reserve so easily that he jumped the finish tape, and when he was disqualified by officials, he became an instant celebrity.

[2] When American runner Lloyd Hahn, who had come sixth in the 1500 metres at the Olympics, visited Wellington, they had five one-mile races.

This spurred Rose on to train for the first time in his life, and he won the four subsequent races.

The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association held national fund-raising events to be able to send Rose to Europe to compete there, and while he broke the French record over 3000 metres in 1926, he was then struck by influenza and missed all the important races.