Roy Thorpe
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1934 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roy Thorpe (born 18 May 1934) is a male former British racewalker.
Athletics career[]
Thorpe represented England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he won a silver medal in the 20 miles race walk.[1][2][3] In the 1976 World Championships in Athletics he placed 32nd in the 50 kilometres race walk.
References[]
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links[]
- Roy Thorpe at World Athletics
- Profile at The Power of Ten
- Profile at TOPS in athletics
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Categories:
- 1934 births
- Living people
- English male racewalkers
- British male racewalkers
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games