Alan Simpson (runner)
Appearance
![]() Alan Simpson (left) at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | 22 May 1940 Coventry, England | (age 84)|||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | 1500 m | |||||||||||
Club | Rotherham Harriers & AC | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 1500 m – 3:38.4 (1965) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Simpson (born 22 May 1940) is a British former middle distance runner.
Athletics career
[edit]Simpson finished fourth in the 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented England twice in the mile at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He did not make the final at the Games in Perth, Australia.[2][3] and was the silver medalist at the Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Simpson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Athletes and results: Alan Simpson". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
External links
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Categories:
- 1940 births
- Living people
- British male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Coventry
- English male middle-distance runners
- British athletics biography stubs