Mel Spence Explained

Mel Spence
Birth Name:	Melville Spence
Birth Date:	2 January 1936
Birth Place:	Kingston, Jamaica
Death Place:	Florida
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Melville "Mel" Spence (2 January 1936  - 28 October 2012)^[1] was a Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is the twin brother of Mal Spence, an Olympic sprint medalist.^[2]

He was a relay silver medalist at the 1955 Pan American Games and was runner-up in the individual 400 m event at the 1963 Pan American Games.^[3] He was part of the winning Jamaican 4×400 metres relay team at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melville Spence: international repute through talent and good values, says PM Simpson Miller | Government of Jamaica Office of the Prime Minister . Opm.gov.jm . 2012-11-01 . 2012-12-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716125219/http://opm.gov.jm/melville-spence-international-repute-through-talent-and-good-values-says-pm-simpson-miller/ . 2015-07-16 .
2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/mel-spence-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102802/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/mel-spence-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 May 2012.
3. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pag.htm Pan American Games