Gordon Day
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Born | 4 January 1936 Alexander Bay, Northern Cape, South Africa | (age 86)|||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 metres | |||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 m – 45.8y (1959) | |||||||||||||
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Gordon Raymond Day (born 4 January 1936) is a retired South African sprinter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres and 4×400 metres relay events and finished fourth in the relay. He was part of the South African team that won the 4×440 yards relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, while finishing third in the individual 220 yards.[1]
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Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Richtersveld Local Municipality
- White South African people
- South African male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- South African athletics biography stubs