Nick Whitehead
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1960 Rome | 4 x 100 metre relay | |
Neville Joseph 'Nick' Whitehead (May 29, 1933, Wrexham - Oct 6, 2002, Wrexham) was a Welsh sprinter.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the 4 x 100 metre 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.
He would later teach PE at Carnegie College in Leeds and evetnually became Director of Development at the Sports Council for Wales. He was knighted OBE.
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