Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM OBE

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Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM OBE

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Birthplace: Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death: December 12, 2019 (80)
Dallas, Dallas County, TX, United States
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Son of Edward George Snell and Margaret Prentice Snell
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Occupation: Middle-distance runner
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About Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM OBE

Sir Peter George Snell KNZM OBE (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner.[3] He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics,[4] in 1964.

Snell had a relatively short career as a world-famous international sportsman, 1960–1965, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand's "Sports Champion of the (20th) Century"[5] and was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame named in 2012.[6] A protégé of the New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic and two Commonwealth Games gold medals he won, and the several world records he set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Snell

  • Immigration: Departed New Zealand - 1971 - California, United States
  • Residence: Attended Te Aroha College - 1950 - Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
  • Residence: 1957 - Auckland, New Zealand
  • Residence: Between Jan 1 1995 and Jan 1 1998 - Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM OBE's Timeline

1938
December 17, 1938
Opunake, Taranaki, New Zealand
2019
December 12, 2019
Age 80
Dallas, Dallas County, TX, United States
December 12, 2019
Age 80