Roy Thorpe (born 18 May 1934) is a British former racewalker.
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
Born | 18 May 1934 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletics career
editThorpe represented England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he won a silver medal in the 20 miles race walk.[1][2][3] In the 1976 World Championships in Athletics he placed 32nd in the 50 kilometres race walk.
References
edit- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
edit- Roy Thorpe at World Athletics
- Roy Thorpe at Power of 10
- Roy Thorpe at TOPS in athletics. Archived 12 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine.
- Roy S. Thorpe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)