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Alan Lerwill
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1946-11-15)15 November 1946
Portsmouth
Died6 February 2021(2021-02-06) (aged 74)
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh long jump
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch long jump

Alan Leslie Lerwill (15 November 1946 – 6 February 2021)[1] was a male British international long jumper.[2]

Athletics career

He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics,[3] coming seventh in the latter.[4] He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games long jump, and gold medal in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[5][6] He also competed in the triple jump in both of those games, and set a British high jump record of 2.10m in 1973.[4][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ Alan Lerwill: 1946-2021
  2. ^ "Alan Lerwill". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Lerwill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Alan LERWILL - 1974 Commonwealth Games Long Jump Champion. - Great Britain". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
  6. ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  7. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  8. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  9. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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