Albie Thomas
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Albert George Thomas |
| Born | 8 February 1935 |
| Died | 27 October 2013 (aged 78) Unconfirmed |
Medal record | |
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Albert George "Albie" Thomas OAM (8 February 1935 – 27 October 2013) was an Australian middle- and long-distance runner who set world records at two miles and three miles.[1] He was born in Hurstville, New South Wales.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Thomas set a new world record (13:10.6) for three miles at Santry, Ireland on 9 July 1958.[3] He returned to Santry later that summer. On 6 August, he was the pacemaker in Herb Elliott's mile world record of 3:54.5; he had enough strength left to finish the race in 3:58.6, his first four-minute mile.[3][4] The following day, he ran two miles in 8:32.0, also a world record.[3]
Thomas competed in the Olympics in 1956, 1960 and 1964, running 5000 metres on all three occasions and also participating in the 1500 metres the latter two times. His best Olympic finish was a 5th place in 1956.[2] He also competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 and 1962; in the 1958 Games in Cardiff he won a bronze medal in the mile run and a silver in the 3 mile race.[2][5]
Albie was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia,[6] Australian Sports Medal,[citation needed] Centenary Medal,[7] and has been admitted to the New South Wales Government Hall of Champions.[8] He was awarded a Merit Award and conferred with Life Membership of St. George District Athletics Club.[9]
Thomas died, aged 78, on 27 October 2013.[10]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Albert Thomas at the Australian Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Albert George Thomas at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Albert George Thomas at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Albie Thomas at OlympediaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Albie Thomas at IMDb
- Official Olympic Reports at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 May 2008)
- Biography at sgdac.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 October 2013)
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- 1935 births
- 2013 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Australian men middle-distance runners
- Australian men long-distance runners
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics