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Nick Whitehead

Nick Whitehead

Welsh sprinter

Neville Joseph "Nick" Whitehead OBE (29 May 1933 – 6 October 2002) was a Welsh sprinter and sports administrator.[1]

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Early life and career

Whitehead was born in Wrexham. He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the 4 × 100 metres relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates Peter Radford, David Jones and David Segal. He went on to win a Commonwealth Bronze medal in Perth, Western Australia in 1962 as part of the Welsh Relay Team.[1]

Later work

He would later teach Physical Education at Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University and eventually became Director of Development at the Sports Council for Wales (now Sport Wales).[1] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1985 New Year Honours.[2] He died, aged 69, in Newport, Pembrokeshire.[1] He had a son Simon Whitehead and two daughters; Jane Roberts and Rachel Shiamh.

References

  1. [1]
    "Nick Whitehead: Olympic sprinter and influential sports administrator". The Independent. 12 October 2002. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009.
  2. [2]
    "No. 49969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 11.


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