John Davies (runner)
New Zealand Olympic bronze medalist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee
 Davies at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1938-05-25)25 May 1938 London, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 July 2003(2003-07-21) (aged 65) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 m | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waikato | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 1500 m – 3:39.6 (1964) | |||||||||||||||||
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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, 1982 Commonwealth Games 3000m Gold Medalist Anne Audain who also broke the World 5000m record the same year. 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.[3] In October 2000, Davies succeeded Sir David Beattie to become the NZOC president.[4] 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][5]
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.
- ^ "No. 52174". The London Gazette. 16 June 1990. p. 30.
- ^ "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
- New Zealand Herald report on his death
- https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/iobituaryi-john-davies/Z2HKIB7MS6KU6ILXJUUADMK6OU/
- https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/john-davies/
- https://athletics.org.nz/legends/john-davies-mbe/
- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/peter-snell-completes-the-800-1500-m-double-in-tokyo
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1962 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team
- Logan Aikman
- Bill Baillie
- Nola Bond
- Pamela Burnett
- Marise Chamberlain
- Molly Cowan
- Lorraine Curtis
- Paul Dallow
- John Davies
- Kevin Gibbons
- Murray Halberg
- Jeff Julian
- Dave Leech
- Barry Magee
- Darcy McGonagle
- Avis McIntosh
- Les Mills
- Dave Norris
- Edward O'Keefe
- Gary Philpott
- Doreen Porter
- Barry Robinson
- Peter Snell
- Robin Tait
- Valerie Young
- Wallace Coe
- Paddy Donovan
- Turori George
- Bill Kini
- John Logan
- Laurie Byers
- Arthur Candy
- Warren Johnston
- Dick Johnstone
- Graham Wright
- Richie Thomson
- Anthony Walsh
- Bob Binning
- Dot Coleman
- Michael Henderson
- Keith Mann
- Brian Pickworth
- Rosemary Tomich
- Jeff Barron
- Malcolm Boon
- Bob McDonald
- Bill O'Neill
- Richard Pilkington
- Jack Rabone
- Robbie Robson
- Leslie Arthur
- Geoffrey Benge
- Darien Boswell
- Colin Cordes
- Alistair Dryden
- Alan Grey
- Keith Heselwood
- James Hill
- Rodney Hutchinson
- Christian Larsen
- Graham Lawrence
- Murray Lawrence
- Louis Lobel
- Robert Page
- George Paterson
- Doug Pulman
- Hugh Smedley
- Winston Stephens
- Murray Watkinson
- Peter Watkinson
- Alan Webster
- Dave Gerrard
- Vivien Haddon
- Margaret Macrae
- Lesley Moore
- Shirley Nicholson
- Alan Robertson
- Helen Rogers
- Allan Seagar
- Don Oliver
- William Scott
- Barrie Courtney
- Warren Nisbet
- Ifor Roberts
- Fred Thomas
Team manager: Colin Kay
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