John Davies (runner)
Personal information | |
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Born | London, England | 25 May 1938
Died | 21 July 2003 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 65)
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 1500 m |
Club | Waikato |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 1500 m – 3:39.6 (1964) |
Medal record |
John Llewellyn Davies MBE (25 May 1938 – 21 July 2003) was a New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).[1]
Biography
Davies was born in London, England, to Welsh parents, and in 1953 moved to New Zealand with his family. The family settled in Tokoroa.[2] He won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, and a silver medal in the one mile event at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth.[1]
Davies retired due to long-term injuries, and after that coached middle- and long-distance athletes, including 1976 Olympic 5000 m silver medallist Dick Quax, 1992 Olympic Marathon bronze medallist Lorraine Moller and 1996 Olympic 800 m finalist Toni Hodgkinson. He also contributed to sport as administrator and television commentator.[1]
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Davies was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics. In October 2000, Davies succeeded Sir David Beattie to become the NZOC president.[3] In 2003 he was awarded the Leonard Cuff medal by the International Olympic Academy for promoting olympism, only weeks before he died of melanoma.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c d John Davies Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Maddaford, Terry (25 July 2003). "Obituary: John Davies". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "NZ Olympic boss Davies dies". The New Zealand Herald. 21 July 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Olympic idealist". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
External links
- Page with Photo at Sporting Heroes
- New Zealand Olympic Committee announcement of his death
- Biography at New Zealand Olympic Committee website[permanent dead link]
- New Zealand Herald report on his death
- 1938 births
- 2003 deaths
- New Zealand male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand referees and umpires
- New Zealand athletics coaches
- Sportspeople from London
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Welsh emigrants to New Zealand
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- New Zealand athletics biography stubs