John Davies (runner)
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Infobox sportsperson John Llewellyn Davies Template:Post-nominals (25 May 1938 – 21 July 2003) was a New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).<ref name=sr>John Davies Template:Webarchive. sports-reference.com</ref>
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.<ref name="NZH obit">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=sr/>
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.<ref name=sr/>
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Davies was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> In October 2000, Davies succeeded Sir David Beattie to become the NZOC president.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2003 he was awarded the Leonard Cuff medal by the International Olympic Academy for promoting olympism, only weeks before he died of melanoma.<ref name=sr/><ref name=NZListener>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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/
- www.olympic.org.nz
- 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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- 1938 births
- 2003 deaths
- New Zealand men middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand referees and umpires
- New Zealand athletics coaches
- Athletes from London
- New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Welsh emigrants to New Zealand
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics