Dave Norris (athlete)
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| Full name | David Stanley Norris | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1939 Birkenhead, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
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David Stanley Norris ONZM (born 14 December 1939) is a former New Zealand athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump.
Norris competed at five British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1974. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's long jump. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff he had won the bronze medal in the triple jump. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he competed in both the long jump and triple jump.[1][2] Norris won a total of 28 national titles and broke 11 records in jumping and hurdling events over his career.[3]
After retiring from competitive athletics in 1978 he worked as a coach and a school principal. He was chief executive of North Harbour Basketball in Auckland for a time, and helped create the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health on Auckland's North Shore. In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Norris was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and the community.[4]
References[]
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee: Results for Dave Norris
- ^ sports-reference.com - Dave Norris Biography Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Unlikely start for athletic success". Stuff.co.nz. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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