Name: John Nunn

Sport: Track and Field

Event(s): 50K Race Walk

Height: 6-2

Weight: 172

DOB: 2/3/1978

Birthplace: Durango, Colo.

Hometown: San Diego, Calif.

High School: Harrison High School (Evansville, Ind.) ‘96

College: University of Wisconsin – Parkside ’97; Palomar College ’14, Business

Team/Club: U.S. Army

Coach(es): Enrique Pena

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2004, 2012, 2016)
• Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 43rd (50K)
• London 2012 Olympic Games, 43rd (50K)
• Athens 2004 Olympic Games, 26th (20K)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2015 – 37th (50K)
• Years of participation: Outdoor – 2013, 2015 (50K)
• Top finish: 37th (50K) – 2015

Other Career Highlights

• 2015 Pan American Games, DNF
• 2011 Pan American Games, 8th
• 2007 Pan American Games, 3rd

Personal: Son of Leslie and Jeanette Nunn...Has one brother, Charles, and three sisters, Laura, Sarah and Susannah...Has one daughter, Ella...Owns and operates a gourmet cookie business, Ella’s Cookies, with his daughter...Participated in cross-country and race walking in college...Speaks Spanish....Interests include cooking and surfing.

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