Dave Norris (athlete)
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Full name | David Stanley Norris | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1939-12-14) 14 December 1939 (age 84) Birkenhead, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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David Stanley Norris
Norris competed at five
Norris also played 31 games of basketball for New Zealand. He was later the chief executive of North Harbour Basketball in Auckland.[4]
After retiring from competitive athletics in 1978, Norris worked as a coach. He spent most of his working life as a school teacher in the Auckland area, teaching at
Norris was part of a dedicated team who, led by Sir Graeme Avery, created the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health on Auckland's North Shore. He managed the New Zealand team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.[4] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Norris was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and the community.[5]
References
- ^ "Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee: Results for Dave Norris". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ sports-reference.com - Dave Norris Biography Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Stuff.co.nz. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ^ a b c "Local Folk – Dave Norris, Olympian". Local Matters. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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Team manager: Ron Shakespeare |
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Team manager: Joe McManemin |
New Zealand national champions in men's 200 m | |
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New Zealand national champions in men's triple jump | |
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