Phil May (athlete)
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| Born | 20 September 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 November 2014 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||
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Philip John May (20 September 1944 – 30 November 2014)[1] was an Olympic athlete from Australia. He specialised in the triple jump and long jump events, and was a formidable relay runner in the 4 × 100.
May represented Australia at three Commonwealth Games and one Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the Triple Jump at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
Between 1965 and 1973 May won ten
Australian Championships
in two field events, namely triple jump (six) and long jump (four).
World rankings
Phil was ranked in the Top 10 in the World for four consecutive years by the prestigious Track & Field News magazine.[2][3]
Year Event Ranked 1968 Triple Jump 6th 1969 Triple Jump 6th 1970 Triple Jump 5th 1970 Long Jump 6th 1971 Triple Jump 10th
Post-playing career
May is the co-founder of Dôme café chain.[1][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Lacy, Bridget (2 December 2014). "WA track and field great Phil May dies, aged 70". The West Australian. Perth, Western Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- Track and Field News. 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 February 2012.
- Track and Field News. 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 September 2012.
- ^ Drummond, Mark (6 April 2001). "Dome coffee chain sidelines its winning founder". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "About us". Dôme. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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