Alan Lerwill

Alan Leslie Lerwill (15 November 1946 – 6 February 2021)[1] was a male British international long jumper.[2]

Alan Lerwill
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1946-11-15)15 November 1946
Portsmouth
Died6 February 2021(2021-02-06) (aged 74)
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh long jump
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch long jump

Athletics career

He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics,[3] coming seventh in the latter.[4] He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games long jump, and gold medal in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[5][6] He also competed in the triple jump in both of those games, and set a British high jump record of 2.10m in 1973.[4][7][8][9]

References
  1. Alan Lerwill: 1946-2021
  2. "Alan Lerwill". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Lerwill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  4. "Alan LERWILL - 1974 Commonwealth Games Long Jump Champion. - Great Britain". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  5. "1974 Games". Team England.
  6. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
  7. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  8. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  9. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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