Simon Rodhouse Explained

Simon Rodhouse
Nationality:English
Birth Date:20 April 1955
Birth Place:Southampton, England
Death Date: [1]
Death Place:England
Sport:Athletics
Club:Southampton Athletics Club

Simon Dominic Rodhouse (20 April 1955 – 24 February 1983) was an English male athlete.

Athletics career

Rodhouse was a National champion after winning the 1981 UK Athletics Championships in the shot put.[2]

He represented England in the shot put, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] [4]

He was a PE and French teacher at St Mary's College in Southampton and was killed in a car crash (driving his V8 MGB GT) when returning home from an indoor athletics meeting at RAF Cosford on 24 February 1983.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Shot putter killed in car crash." Times, 26 Feb. 1983, p. 19. Times Digital Archives. 2020-06-15.
  2. Web site: Profile. European Athletics.
  3. Web site: 1982 Athletes. Team England.
  4. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.