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| DATE OF BIRTH = 23 May 1902 |
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1930 Hamilton | 6 miles |
John William Savidan (23 May 1902 – 8 November 1991) nicknamed "Billy", "Bill" or "Jack" was a New Zealand long distance runner from 1926.
He was born in Auckland.
At the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario he won the six mile race despite stopping over the finish line after what he thought was the last lap, and being told that there was a lap to go, as the official had inadvertently turned over two discs instead of one. He beat Ernie Harper from England. In the three mile race (equivalent to 5000 meters) he did not finish.
At the 1932 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles he finished fourth in both the 5000 metre event and the 10000 metre competition.
He did not compete in the national championships in 1935 and 1936 as he was working as a stonemason and could not spend the necessary time training, but competed against two Japanese runners who were visiting New Zealand in 1937. Like Malcolm Champion before him he was then for some years Custodian at Auckland’s Tepid Baths.
References
- sports-reference.com
- Profile at NZOC website
- New Zealand Sporting Legends: 27 Pre-War Sporting Heroes by Neville McMillan pages 125-129 (1993, Moa Beckett, Auckland) ISBN 1-96958-013-1
Commonwealth Games champions in men's 10,000 metres | |
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| 10000 metres (1970–present) |
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- 1902 births
- 1991 deaths
- New Zealand athletes
- New Zealand long-distance runners
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Olympic athletes of New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand