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Peter Norman, born Peter George Norman on 15 June 1942 in Melbourne, was an Australian athletics competitor and sprinter. He took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics, began his working period that same year, and was a member of the Salvation Army. He received the Australian Sports Medal and spoke English.
He died on 3 October 2006 in Williamstown of a myocardial infarction, from natural causes.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Salute — Self2008
via TMDB
Key facts
- Full name
- Peter George Norman
- Born
- ( 1942-06-15 ) 15 June 1942, Coburg , Victoria , Australia
- Died
- 3 October 2006 (2006-10-03) (aged 64), Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Weight
- 73 kg (161 lb)
- Country
- Australia
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Sprint
- Club
- East Melbourne Harriers
- Personal best s
- 20.06 s (200 m, 1968)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Place of death
- Williamstown
- Occupation
- sprinter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 73
- Image
- Peter Norman 1970-01.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1942-06-15
- date of death
- 2006-10-03
- member of
- The Salvation Army
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Peter Norman
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- name in native language
- Peter George Norman
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more than 56 years. He was a five-time national 200-metre champion.
Norman was one of the three athletes in the 1968 Olympics protest salute photograph taken during the medal ceremony for the 200-metre event. He knew the salute was to occur and wore a badge of the Olympic Project for Human Rights in support of fellow athletes John Carlos and Tommie Smith.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Norman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.