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Don Jowett

Don Jowett

New Zealand sprinter and rugby union player

For the rugby union footballer of the 1880s, and 1890s for England, and Heckmondwike, see Donald Jowett.

Donald Winston Jowett OAM (4 March 1931 – 21 July 2011) was a New Zealand sprinter and rugby union player who represented his country at the 1950 and 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in 1950, and gold and silver medals in 1954.

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Jowett won seven New Zealand national athletics titles: the 220 yards in 1952, 1953, and 1954; and the 440 yards in 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1957.[2] He also won five national titles at under-19 level: the 440 yards in 1945, 1946, and 1947; and the 880 yards in 1946 and 1947.[2]

Besides athletics, Jowett played rugby for Otago in 1957. He later moved to Queensland where he was involved in rugby and athletics administration, coaching and refereeing. In the 2005 Australia Day Honours, Jowett was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to sport, particularly athletics, as an administrator, technical official and coach, and to the community through church and welfare organisations.[3] His daughter Sue Jowett became an Olympic sprinter.[4]

Don Jowett died on 21 July 2011.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Donald Jowett". trackfield.brinkster.net.
  2. [2]
    Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Australia Day 2005 Honours" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 26 January 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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    "Donald Jowett". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Athletics: Comm Games gold medalist dies". New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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