Fred Green (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1926 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 2006 (aged 79) Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long-distance | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Birchfield Harriers | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederick Green (25 July 1926–17 July 2006), was a male athlete who competed for England and 3 miles world record holder.
Biography
Green finished second behind Gordon Pirie in the 3 miles event at the 1953 AAA Championships.[1][2]
On 10 July 1954 Green defeated Christopher Chataway in the 1954 AAA Championships at White City Stadium[3] and broke the three miles world record held by Gunder Hägg by recording 13 minutes 32.2 sec; Chataway's time was also under the world record.[4][5]
Shortly afterwards, he represented England and won a silver medal in the 3 miles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[6][7]
Later that year Green was voted best champion of 1954 and duly retired from athletics to take up coaching.[8]
References
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "2 Britons hold new record". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 11 July 1954. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sir Christopher Chataway - obituary". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Aaa Athletics Meeting 1954". British Pathe.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Difficult task". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 3 November 1954. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.