Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Julian a Taumarunui, ya horar da shi a ƙarƙashin almara Arthur Lydiard kuma ya yi gasa a cikin Marathon a wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1960
a Rome, inda ya gama na 18 da shekaru hudu daga baya a wasannin Olympics na 1964 a Tokyo, inda ya gama a matsayi na 29, Julian ya yi baƙin ciki da ba a zaɓa shi ba a wasannin Olympics na 1968 kuma ya yi nasarar zaɓen zaɓi don wasannin Olympics na 1972.