Mike Rawson
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1934 Hall Green, Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 October 2000 (aged 66) Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | middle-distance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Birchfield Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Brian looking for peace and quiet". Daily Herald. 14 July 1956. Retrieved 27 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fine performance by Farrell in AAA hurdles". Liverpool Daily Post. 15 July 1956. Retrieved 27 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
External links
[edit]- Mike Rawson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Profile at Sporting Heroes
- Profile at TOPS in athletics
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 800 metres | |
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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
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- 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