Editing Jim Ryun (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Jim Ryun with wife 1971.jpg|thumb|Ryun with his wife in 1971]]
Ryun was born in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. He now lives in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]], though he was listed in the House roll as "R-[[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]". He also owns a farm in [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson County]].

Ryun met his wife, Anne, when she asked him for an autograph after he broke the world record for the mile in Berkeley.<ref name="gambaccini20061027">{{cite news | url=http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/chat-jim-ryun-and-marty-liquori | title=Chat: Jim Ryun and Marty Liquori | work=Runner's World | date=October 27, 2006 | access-date=March 17, 2014 | author=Gambaccini, Peter}}</ref> They married in 1969 and have two sons, Ned and Drew Ryun, and seven grandchildren. His sons, [[Ned Ryun|Ned]] and Drew, and he have co-authored three books: ''Heroes Among Us'', ''The Courage to Run'', and '' In Quest of Gold – The Jim Ryun Story.''

After graduating from the [[University of Kansas]] in 1970 with a degree in photojournalism, Ryun moved to [[Eugene, Oregon]], looking for a good training situation to continue his track career.{{cn|date=April 2025}} Six months later, he moved to [[Santa Barbara, California]], where his family and he remained for nine years. They moved back to Lawrence in 1981.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Though raised in the [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]], Ryun and his wife are members of Grace [[Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)|Evangelical Presbyterian Church]] in Lawrence.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

President Donald Trump awarded Jim Ryun the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] on July 24, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schultz|first=Marisa|date=2020-07-24|title=Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jim Ryun, 'master of the mile' and former Kansas rep|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-awards-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-to-jim-ryun-a-former-kansas-congressman-and-3-time-olympian|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:President Trump Presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom (50148095543).jpg|thumb|right|Ryun is presented with the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] in 2020.]]