- John Davies (athlete)
John Llewellyn Davies (born
May 25 ,1938 – diedJuly 21 ,2003 ) was aNew Zealand Olympic bronze medalist and president of theNew Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).He was born in
London ,England to Welsh parents and in 1953 he moved to New Zealand with his family.Davies 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.
After retiring from competitive running he started coaching middle and long distance athletes, including 1976 Olympic 5000m silver medallist
Dick Quax , 1992 Olympic Marathon bronze medallistLorraine Moller and 1996 Olympic 800m finalistToni Hodgkinson .In October 2000, Davies succeeded Sir
David Beattie to become the NZOC president.External links
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=4658 Page with Photo at "Sporting Heroes"]
* [http://www.olympic.org.nz/public/article.asp?id=1985 New Zealand Olympic Committee announcement of his death]
* [http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=1008&id=3774 Biography at New Zealand Olympic Committee website]
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3513944&thesection=news&thesubsection=general New Zealand Herald report on his death]
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