Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

The list Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games includes Daley Thompson, Merlene Ottey, Sonia Lannaman, Fatima Whitbread and Angella Taylor-Issajenko. The list consists of 303 members.

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1982 Commonwealth Games

12th edition of the Commonwealth Games

1.

Daley Thompson

British decathlete

Overview: Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE (born 30 July 1958), known as Daley Thompson, is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: British

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Footballers from the London Borough of Sutton 3T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T

Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 623T
2.

Merlene Ottey

Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete

Overview: Merlene Joyce Ottey OD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican-Slovenian former track and field sprinter. She began her career representing Jamaica in 1978, and continued to do so for 24 years, before representing ...

Date of birth: 10 May 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: Slovenian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 830T

NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 1,382T

Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 475T
3.

Clifford Sibusiso Mamba

Swazi diplomat

Overview: Clifford Sibusiso Mamba (born 5 May 1963 in Manzini) is a Swazi diplomat and former Olympic athlete. Mamba competed for Swaziland at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 100m and 200 m races.

Date of birth: 5 May 1963

Age: 62

Nationality: Swazi

Occupation: Diplomat

Gender: Male

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Swazi male sprinters 6T

Swazi sprinters 5T

Swazi sportsmen 7T
4.

Sonia Lannaman

British athlete

Overview: Sonia May Lannaman (born 24 March 1956) is a British former athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She won the Commonwealth Games 100 metres title in Edmonton 1978 and won an Olympic bronze medal ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1956

Age: 69

Nationality: British

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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English female sprinters 129T

Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 947T

Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics 1,934T
5.

Fatima Whitbread

British athlete; former javelin thrower

Overview: Fatima Whitbread MBE (born Fatima Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a female British former javelin thrower. She won the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, having broken the world record with a throw of 77.44 ...

Date of birth: 3 March 1961

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants 208T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T

Turkish Cypriot sportspeople 6T
6.

Bev Francis

Australian bodybuilder and powerlifter

Overview: Beverley "Bev" Francis (born 15 February 1955) is an Australian gym owner and retired professional bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put champion.

Date of birth: 15 February 1955

Age: 70

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Australian female shot putters 24T

Sportspeople from Geelong 111T

Australian female bodybuilders 6T
7.

Charmaine Crooks

Canadian sprinter and middle distance runner

Overview: Charmaine Crooks, CM (born August 8, 1962), is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medallist (LA '84, 4X400m Relay). Crooks was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 433T

Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 535T

World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 453T
8.

Angella Taylor-Issajenko

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. At the Comm ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 368T

Universiade bronze medalists for Canada 95T

Universiade silver medalists for Canada 86T
9.

Hasely Crawford

Trinidadian sprinter

Overview: Hasely Joachim Crawford TC (born 16 August 1950) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion and the first Olympic 100m champion ...

Date of birth: 16 August 1950

Age: 74

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 412T

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 229T

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 952T
10.

Steve Cram

British middle distance runner

Overview: Stephen Cram CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners ...

Date of birth: 14 October 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Sports Figure

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Sportspeople from Jarrow 38T

World Athletics Championships winners 712T

English male middle-distance runners 125T
11.

Ben Johnson

Canadian sprint athlete

Overview: Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, CM OOnt (born December 30, 1961) is a Jamaican-born Canadian former sprinter, who won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was stripped of his gold medals in the ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Athletes from Toronto 118T

Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada 169T

World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 414T
12.

Bradley Cooper

Bahamian discus thrower and shot putter

Overview: Tyrone Bradley Thomas "Brad" Cooper (born June 30, 1957) is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1957

Age: 67

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 1,354T

Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 365T

Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 573T
13.

Sharon McPeake

Overview: Sharon Hutchings (née McPeake, born 22 June 1962) is a former high jumper from Northern Ireland. She won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with a lifetime best of 1.90 m (6 ft ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1962

Age: 62

Occupation: Track and Field

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Sportspeople from Ballymena 42T

Female high jumpers from Northern Ireland 3T

Sportswomen from Northern Ireland 6T
14.

John Herbert (athlete)

English triple jumper and bobsledder

Overview: John Alun Adolphus Herbert (born 20 April 1962) in Meadows, Nottingham is a graduate of Central Art and Design. A retired English sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a triple jumper and ...

Date of birth: 20 April 1962

Age: 63

Nationality: British

Occupation: Triathlete

Gender: Male

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Japan Championships in Athletics winners 560T

Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 175T

Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain 86T
15.

David Ottley

British athlete

Overview: David Charles "Dave" Ottley (born 5 August 1955 in West Thurrock, Essex) is a retired British athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event.

Date of birth: 5 August 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: British

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 138T

Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain 83T

Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 2,432T
16.

Marita Payne

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Marita Payne-Wiggins (born October 7, 1960) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics. She is the co-Canadian record holder in the 400 metres, along with ...

Date of birth: 7 October 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

Partner: Mitchell Wiggins (Married)

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Athletes from Toronto 118T

Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 535T

Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 368T
17.

Grace Jackson

Athletics (sport) competitor

Overview: Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1961

Age: 64

Nationality: Jamaican

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 453T

Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 351T

Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade 175T
18.

David Moorcroft

Athlete with world records in middle and long distance running

Overview: David Robert Moorcroft OBE (born 10 April 1953) is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s ...

Date of birth: 10 April 1953

Age: 72

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Track and Field

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People educated at Woodlands Academy, Coventry 5T

English male middle-distance runners 125T

British male middle-distance runners 202T
19.

Judy Simpson Cook

British heptathlete (born 1960)

Overview: Judith Earline Veronica Simpson (née Livermore; born 14 November 1960) is a female former British heptathlete who competed at three Olympic Games. She went on to appear as Nightshade in the TV show Gl ...

Date of birth: 14 November 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain 86T

Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 2,432T

English female hurdlers 45T
20.

Janice Bernard

Trinidad and Tobago sprinter

Overview: Janice Bernard (born 30 October 1958) is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Date of birth: 30 October 1958

Age: 66

Occupation: Track and Field

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Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 433T

Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 952T

Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago 40T