Peter Fryer (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1928 Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1999 (aged 71) Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 440y/400m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Goodwin Fryer (1928-1999), was a male athlete who competed for England.
Biography
[edit]Fryer became the British 440 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1953 AAA Championships.[1][page needed]
Shortly after retaining his AAA title at the 1954 AAA Championships,[2] Fryer represented England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[3][4] He won gold medal in the 4 x 440 yards event with Peter Higgins, Alan Dick and Derek Johnson.[5]
Fryer won a third consecutive AAA title at the 1955 AAA Championships.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gallant Pirie bid fails". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 12 July 1953. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Vancouver 1954 Team". Team England. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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