Alex Oakley
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| Born | April 28, 1926 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 24, 2010 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||
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Alexander Harold Oakley (April 28, 1926 – October 24, 2010) was a
Rome, Italy.[1] He won the 20 km event at the 1963 Pan American Games. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
. Aged 50 when he made his final Olympic appearance in 1976, he is the oldest person ever to compete in a track and field event at the Olympics.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Oakley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
External links
- Canadian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-29)
- Alex Oakley's obituary
- Alex Oakley at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alex Oakley at Olympedia
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