Don Jowett
 Jowett in 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 March 1931 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 July 2011 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||||||
| Relative | Sue Jowett (daughter) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 220 yards champion (1952, 1953, 1954) 440 yards champion (1953, 1954, 1955, 1957) | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 200 m – 21.1 (1954) 400 m – 47.1 (1954)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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
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
- ^ "Donald Jowett". trackfield.brinkster.net.
- ^ a b Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Donald Jowett". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "Athletics: Comm Games gold medalist dies". New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Don Jowett.
- Don Jowett at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
- Donald Jowett at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
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