Don Bertoia
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| Full name | Donald Richard Bertoia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 16, 1940 (age 86) Rossland, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Donald Richard Bertoia (born February 16, 1940, in Rossland, British Columbia) is a retired middle distance runner from Canada. He competed for Canada at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the men's 1 mile, 4 × 440 yard relay, and 880 yard events.[1] Bertoia represented his native country in the men's 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, he claimed the gold medal in the same event and a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.[3]
Bertoia competed for the Washington State Cougars track and field team in the NCAA.[4]
References
- ↑ "Donald Richard Bertoia". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Donald Bertoia". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Don Bertoia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011.
- ↑ "Budd Ousted in N.C.A.A. 220-Yard Semi-Finals; VILLANOVA'S STAR IS FIFTH ON COAST Budd Bows Out in 220 After Tying 100 Mark of 0:09.3 --Dallas Long Excels". nytimes.com.
External links
- Don Bertoia at World Athletics
- Don Bertoia at Olympedia
- Donald Bertoia at Team Canada
- Donald Richard Bertoia at Olympics.com
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Categories:
- 1940 births
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- Canadian men middle-distance runners
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- People from Rossland, British Columbia
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Washington State Cougars men's track and field athletes
- Olympic men middle-distance runners
- Canadian middle-distance runner stubs