Alan Pascoe
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Full name | Alan Peter Pascoe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 October 1947 Portsmouth, England | (age 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Peter Pascoe and consulting.
Early life and education
Pascoe was born in
Achievements as a competitor
Medals
Pascoe won medals in the
After the 1974 Commonwealth Games victory Pascoe achieved a major distinction, in celebration he performed one of the great televised sporting bloopers. While doing his victory lap in reverse, Pascoe attempted to leap the last hurdle still remaining from the race and badly missed the hurdle, falling onto his back and denting the hurdle. Trying to regain his dignity, he circled around to attempt the jump the hurdle in another lane and fell identically. Laughing it off, he got up again and started turning over the other hurdles. See the video on
Olympics:
- Silver, 4 × 400 m Relay, 1972
European Athletics Championships:
- Bronze, 110 m Hurdles, 1969
- Silver, 110 m Hurdles, 1971
- Gold, 400 m Hurdles, 1974
- Gold, 4 × 400 m Relay, 1974
Commonwealth Games:
- Gold, 400 m Hurdles, 1974
- Silver, 4 × 400 m Relay, 1974
- Bronze, 400 m Hurdles, 1978
European Indoor Games:
- Gold, 50 m Hurdles, 1969
Personal bests
Pascoe's personal best times are:[5]
- 200 m, 15 July 1972, London, 20.92
- 110 m Hurdles, 17 June 1972, Edinburgh, 13.79
- 400 m Hurdles, 30 June 1975, Stockholm, 48.59
Career outside competitive athletics
Pascoe competed in athletics at a time when it was supposed to be an amateur activity. He thus needed paid employment during his athletics career. He was a teacher at Dulwich College (1971–1974), and a lecturer in physical education at Borough Road College, Isleworth (1974–1980).[3]
Pascoe was also able to get financial support during the 1970s from membership of several
After competitive athletics, Pascoe became involved in events marketing and consulting. He set up Alan Pascoe Associates Ltd. (later named API),[6] of which he was Director (1976–1983), managing director (1983), Chairman (1985–1988) and CEO (1994–1998).[3] Pascoe sold API in 1998, then started another company, Fast Track Events Ltd., of which he is the chairman.[6]
Pascoe was a summarizer with main commentator Adrian Metcalfe of ITV coverage of athletics during the mid/late 1970s and early 1980s.
Other business appointments were as a Director of the Aegis Group (later named WCRS) (1986–1992) and Chairman of Carat Sponsorship (1987–1992).[3]
Pascoe criticised the British government for withdrawing from hosting the
In September 2003, Pascoe was appointed vice-chairman of the
Honours
Pascoe was appointed a
See also
- Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 1969 European Championships in Athletics
- 1971 European Championships in Athletics
- 1974 European Championships in Athletics
- 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- 1978 Commonwealth Games
References
- ^ "Olympians for Life". World Olympians Association. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Olympic sprinter Della Pascoe dies aged 74". Athletics Weekly. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ ISBN 0-7136-7010-X.
- ^ "Alan Pascoe". sporting-heroes.net. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2005.
- ^ "Alan Pascoe". Team Southampton. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 27 December 2005.
- ^ a b c Hubbard, Alan (6 January 2002). "A sport stabbed in the back, a nation and its youngsters badly let down". The Independent Online Edition.
- ^ "London appoints vice-chairmen" (Press release). London 2012. 11 September 2003.
- ^ Naughton, Philippe (6 July 2005). "London wins 2012 Olympic bid". Times Online.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1974. p. 16.
External links
- Photograph of Alan Pascoe, from the BBC website
- Pascoe, Alan; Hubbard, Alan (1979). Pascoe: The Story of an Athlete. London: S Paul. ISBN 0-09-134980-X.
- Fast Track Events Ltd. Archived 18 April 2001 at the Wayback Machine, website of Pascoe's sports events marketing company
- Alan Pascoe at World Athletics
- Alan Pascoe at Team GB
- Alan Pascoe at Olympedia
- Alan Peter Pascoe at Olympics.com
- Alan Peter Pascoe at Olympic.org (archived)
- Alan Peter Pascoe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)