Allan Potts (athletics) explained

Allan Potts
Birth Name:Allan Matthew Potts
Birth Date:25 September 1934
Birth Place:Oamaru, New Zealand[1]
Death Place:Hastings, New Zealand
Sport:Athletics
Nationals:10 mile road race champion (1964)

Allan Matthew Potts (25 September 1934 – 8 May 2014) was a New Zealand athlete, athletics coach and administrator. He was the New Zealand 10-mile champion in 1964 and coached his wife, Sylvia, a middle-distance athlete of the 1960s and 1970s. He was the track and field coach for the New Zealand team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, and served as president of Athletics New Zealand from 2002 to 2003.[2]

In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Potts was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tribute to a legend . 5 May 2008 . Hawke's Bay Today . 21 March 2015 . Anendra . Singh .
  2. Web site: Life time of service to athletics comes to an end with the passing of Allan Potts. 9 May 2014. Sportzhub. 10 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215159/http://www.sportzhub.com/news/life-time-service-athletics-comes-end-passing-allan-potts/. 12 May 2014. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 1998 . 1 June 1998 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 5 July 2020.