John Warhurst (athlete)

John Warhurst
Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	1 October 1944 (age 79); Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Sport
Club	Epsom & Ewell Harriers
Medal record
Athletics
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

John Warhurst (born 1 October 1944 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is a retired male race walker from England.

Athletics career

As an amateur Warhurst won the 1967 Sheffield Star Walk.^[1] Warhurst represented Great Britain at the 1972 Olympic Games, finishing 18th in the 50 km walk.^[2] He represented England and won a gold medal in the 20 miles walk event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[3]^[4]^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	18th	50 km
1974	Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	1st	20 ml

References

^ "Walking Tall". Unknown Sheffield Newspaper.
^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "1974 Games". Team England.
^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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[tall-1] "Walking Tall". Unknown Sheffield Newspaper.

[2] "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[3] "1974 Games". Team England.

[4] "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.

[5] "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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v t e Commonwealth Games champions in Men's 20-mile, 30 km and 50 kilometres race walk
20 miles (1966–1974)	1966: Ron Wallwork (ENG) 1970: Noel Freeman (AUS) 1974: John Warhurst (ENG)
30 kilometres (1978-1994)	1978: Olly Flynn (ENG) 1982: Steve Barry (WAL) 1986: Simon Baker (AUS) 1990: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN) 1994: Nicholas A'Hern (AUS)
50 kilometres (1998-2006)	1998: Saravanan Govindasamy (MAS) 2002: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)