Mike Rawson
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Michael Arthur Rawson (26 May 1934 – 26 October 2000) was an English track and field athlete who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Rwason became the British 880 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1956 AAA Championships.[1][2][3][4]
Later that year he represented Great Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, participating in the men's 800 metres competition.[5]
Two years later he won a gold medal at the 1958 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 880 yards at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[6][7]
He represented Birchfield Harriers and on his retirement from the sport spent many years coaching at Birchfield and working as an athletics reporter for the BBC and local newspapers.
Rawson worked for the British Olympic Association at a number of Olympic Games. He died after a short illness on 26 October 2000 in Birmingham.
References
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External links
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- Profile at Sporting Heroes
- Profile at TOPS in athletics
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- 1934 births
- 2000 deaths
- Athletes from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English male middle-distance runners
- British male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics