John Sheldrick
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1939 Newmarket, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put / Discus throw / Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Thames Valley Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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John William Sheldrick (born 1939), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
Biography
Sheldrick was a member of the Thames Valley Harriers.
He represented the England team[1] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[2] He competed in the throwing events, winning a bronze medal in the discus throw.[3][4][5]
During the Games he met his future wife Prue O'Connor and stayed in Australia, therefore officially emigrating.[6] Together they had five sons.
References
- ↑ "England Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "The England Team". Birmingham Daily Post. 17 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 22 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ↑ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Couple relive Games love at first drive". The West.com.
Categories:
- 1939 births
- English men discus throwers
- British men discus throwers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Newmarket, Suffolk
- English athletics biography stubs