Arthur Lydiard
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Arthur Leslie Lydiard, ONZ, OBE, (July 6, 1917 – December 11, 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularizing the sport of jogging and making common place across the sporting world training methods based on having a strong endurance base & periodization.
Lydiard presided over New Zealand's golden era in world track and field during the 1960s, sending Murray Halberg, Peter Snell, and Barry Magee to the podium at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Under Lydiard's tutelage, Snell went on to double gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His stable also included such luminaries as John Walker, Dick Quax, and Dick Tayler.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1962 and in 1990 was made an Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand. He also became a life member of Athletics New Zealand in 2003.
Arthur Lydiard died December 11, 2004 of a suspected heart attack in Texas while on a lecture tour.
[edit] Books
- Lydiard, Arthur [??] (1997). Running to the Top. Meyer & Meyer Sport, 220 pages. ISBN 3-89124-440-1.
- Lydiard, Arthur; Gilmour, Garth [??] (May 2000). Running With Lydiard, 2nd, Meyer & Meyer Sport, 208 pages. ISBN 1-84126-026-6.
- Lydiard, Arthur; Gilmour, Garth [1962] (????). Run to the Top. Jenkins.
- Lydiard, Arthur [????] (December 2001). Jogging with Lydiard. Germany: Meyer & Meyer Sports Books, 120 pages. ISBN 1-84126-070-3.
- Lydiard, Arthur; Gilmour, Garth (September 1983). Jogging with Lydiard. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 112 pages. ISBN 0-340-32363-9.
[edit] External links
- Arthur Lydiard's official site
- Excellent Book on Arthur Lydiard's Training
- Obituary at the NZ Herald
- Profile at NZEdge.com
- Athletics.org.nz hall of fame
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lydiard, Arthur Leslie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland, New Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2004 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Texas, United States of America |
