Gary Knoke

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Gary James Knoke (4 February 1942 – 9 July 1984) was Australian Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games competing track and field athlete who was ranked third in the world in 400 metres hurdles during 1966.[1]

National representative

Australian Institute of Sport Athletics Coach Gary Knoke in 1981

Knoke represented Australia at the

United States of America, John Cooper of Great Britain and Salvatore Morale of Italy. He attended the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1970 British Commonwealth Games, 1974 British Commonwealth Games and the Pacific Conference Games twice.[2]

World ranking

During his competitive career in the 400 Metre Hurdles, Knoke was ranked as follows:

  • 1964 - Seventh
  • 1965 - Eighth
  • 1966 - Third
  • 1967 - Tenth
  • 1968 - Ninth
  • 1969 - Tenth

Teaching and coaching career

He began his teaching career at Kingsgrove North High School in 1963. From 1974 until 1980, Knoke was a physical education teacher and athletics coach at Newington College. During that time Newington won the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS) junior athletics four times and the senior athletics once.[3] In 1981 he joined the staff of the Australian Institute of Sport as a hurdles coach. Knoke died in 1984 of cancer.[4]

Honours

Knoke Avenue in

Kyle Vander Kuyp.[5]

References

  1. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 29.9.2009
  2. ^ Australian Athletics Historical Results Retrieved 27.9.2007
  3. ^ Peter Swain, Across The Years, Newington College 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999)
  4. ^ Australian Institute of Sport - Alumni News Archived 30 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27.9.2007
  5. ^ Australian Institute of Sport - Awards Retrieved 27.9.2007
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