Norman Read
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | 50 kilometre walk | |
Norman Read (Aug 13, 1931 - May 22, 1994, Pirongia) was a New Zealand racewalker.
Born in England, Read emigrated to New Zealand in 1953. The self-proclaimed "Pommie-Kiwi" competed for New Zealand in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the gold medal.
Read died of a heart attack during a veteran's bike race in the Waikato.
| Olympic champions in men's 50 km walk |
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| Thomas Green | Harold Whitlock | John Ljunggren | Giuseppe Dordoni | Norman Read | Don Thompson | Abdon Pamich | Christoph Höhne | Bernd Kannenberg | Hartwig Gauder | Raúl González | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Andrey Perlov | Robert Korzeniowski (three times) |
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