Alan Simpson (athlete)
![]() Alan Simpson (left) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born | 22 May 1940 Coventry, England | (age 81)||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 m | ||||||||||
Club | Rotherham Harriers & AC | ||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 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[]
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[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Simpson (athlete). |
- ^ "Alan Simpson". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
Categories:
- 1940 births
- Living people
- British male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of 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
- British athletics biography stubs