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Died October 6, 2002, Newport, United Kingdom Books The Physical Education Teacher: A Guide for Pupils, Teachers and Parents Olympic medals Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Similar People Martin Lauer, Armin Hary, Peter Radford, David Segal | ||
Neville Joseph "Nick" Whitehead OBE (29 May 1933 – 6 October 2002) was a Welsh sprinter.
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Early life and career
Whitehead was born in Wrexham. He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the 4 × 100 metres relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Peter Radford, David Jones and David Segal. He went on to win a Commonwealth Bronze medal in Perth, Australia in 1962 as part of the Welsh Relay Team.
Later work
He would later teach Physical Education at Carnegie Physical Training College in Leeds, now part of Leeds Metropolitan University and eventually became Director of Development at the Sports Council for Wales (now Sport Wales). He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 New Year Honours. He died, aged 69, in Newport, Pembrokeshire.