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Olympic medal record Men's Athletics Bronze 1960 Rome 4x100 metre relay Nick Whitehead (Joseph Nicholas Neville Whitehead; May 29, 1933 in Wrexham – October 6, 2002 in Newport, Pembrokeshire) was a Welsh sprinter.
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Team Olympic Bronze, Rome 1960
He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Peter Radford, David Jones and David Segal.
Commonwealth Games Bronze, Perth 1962
He went on to win a Commonwealth Bronze medal in Perth, Australia in 1962 as part of the Welsh Relay Team.
Career & OBE
He would later teach Physical Education at Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University and eventually became Director of Development at the Sports Council for Wales (now Sport Wales). He was knighted OBE.
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- 2002 deaths
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
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