&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Harold_Nelson_runner_1950.jpg) Nelson at the 1950 British Empire Games | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | William Harold Nelson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1923 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 2011 (aged 88) Richmond, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Margaret Joyce Calder
(m. 1948; died 2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Eliza Anscombe (grandmother) Edmund Anscombe (great-uncle) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bernie McKernan[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1 mile champion (1947) 3 miles champion (1947, 1948) 6 miles champion (1948) Cross country champion (1946, 1951)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1 mile – 4:14.8 3 miles – 14:19.4 6 miles – 29:57.4[3] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Harold Nelson MBE (26 April 1923 – 1 July 2011) was a New Zealand long-distance runner who won two medals at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.
- ^ a b c "Champion runner once invalid". Cootamundra Herald. 2 April 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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