Adrian Metcalfe
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Competitor for  United Kingdom |
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| Silver | 1964 Tokyo | 4x400 metre relay |
Adrian Peter Metcalfe (born 2 March 1942) was a British athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 meters.
Metcalfe was European champion in the 200 meters in 1962.[1] He competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 4 x 400m relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Timothy Graham, John Cooper and Robbie Brightwell.[2]
Metcalfe attended the Brunts School.[1] He is now a broadcaster,[2] having worked variously as athletics commentator for British commercial channel ITV in the 1970s and 1980s, was head of sport at Channel 4 at its launch in 1983, and he later headed up pan-European sports channel Eurosport.
He has worked as an adviser and producer for both the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Athletics Federations, serving on their respective press and broadcast commissions.
In 1998, Metcalfe took up a directorship of worldsport.com, working with Allan Callan, on the web-based rights project for the General Assembly of International Sports Federations (GAISF), but the venture was a victim of the dot.com crash and closed in 2000. Metcalfe lost all of his financial investment in the company.
As well as advising on London's bids to stage the track and field world championships and 2012 Olympics, Metcalfe continues to work on Olympic broadcasts, dividing his time between homes in France and Britain.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Whetton, John (2008-08-27). "What a magical boost for Mansfield". Chad. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. http://www.chad.co.uk/letters/What-a-magical-boost-for.4433572.jp. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ a b Olympics.org, accessed 6 September 2008
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