Derek Day
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's field hockey | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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1952 Helsinki | Team competition |
Sir Derek Malcolm Day KCMG (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]
Field hockey
A field hockey player, Day competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal.
Diplomatic career
Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made KCMG in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.
Honours
References
- ^ "Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ ‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
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