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Sir Peter George Snell KNZM OBE (17 December 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964.
Dec 16, 2019 · Peter Snell, a middle-distance runner from New Zealand who set world records in five events and became a three-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1960s, died on Thursday at his home in...
Apr 9, 2024 · Peter Snell, New Zealand middle-distance runner who was a world record holder in the 800-meter race (1962–68), the 1,000-meter race (1964–65), the mile (1962–65), and the 880-yard race (1962–66). He won three Olympic gold medals. Learn more about Snell’s life and career.
Dec 13, 2019 · Peter Snell, a three-time Olympic gold medalist for New Zealand who later became a leading sports scientist, died at his home in Dallas on December 12. He was 80. Snell was one of the...
Dec 14, 2019 · Sir Peter Snell dies: 'words cannot describe the impact he has had'. The death of Sir Peter Snell has prompted an outpouring of tributes and farewells to a titan of New Zealand sports history. Peter Snell, centre, won gold in the men's 1500 metres in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Dec 13, 2019 · World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that New Zealand’s 1964 Olympic 800m and 1500m champion Peter Snell died on Thursday (12) at the age of 80. New Zealand has a strong middle-distance tradition, but Snell was perhaps the greatest of all to wear the famous all-black kit.
Dec 14, 2019 · Sir Peter Snell, the three-time Olympic champion and one of the best middle-distance runners the world has seen, died yesterday aged 80. "He was just doing his regular thing.
Dec 13, 2019 · New Zealand's three-time Olympic middle distance champion Peter Snell has died at the age of 80. Snell is the last male athlete to have completed the 800m and 1500m double at an Olympic Games,...
Dec 13, 2019 · Snell, who is regarded as one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all-time, won the 800m at the 1960 Rome Olympics aged 21, and the 800m-1500m double at the 1964 Tokyo Games. He was the first man since 1920 to win the 800m and 1500m at the same Olympics. No male athlete has done so since.
Peter Snell stands at the top of New Zealand sport. In 2000 he was voted New Zealand Athlete of the Century. In 1990, at the inaugural New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame induction, he was given the privilege of being the first person honoured.
