Max Boyes

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Max Boyes
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1934-05-06)6 May 1934
Died2 May 2022(2022-05-02) (aged 87)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event
400 metres hurdles
ClubRoyal Navy AC

Max Boyes (6 May 1934 – 2 May 2022) was a British hurdler[1] who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

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Boyes was educated at the Horncastle Grammar School in Lincolnshire, where he played cricket and football. After leaving school he joined the Royal Navy as a radio electrician.[3]

In 1954 while stationed in Australia he won the Australian Services 440 yards championship and also won the Royal Navy championship five times between 1953 and 1959.[3] Further success came when he won the 1958 Navy 440 yards hurdles title, Hampshire title in 1956, 1957 and 1958 and the Combined Services 440 yards title in 1959.[3]

Boyes became the British 440 yards hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1960 AAA Championships.[4][5][6][7]

later that year at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he represented Great Britain in the men's 400 metres hurdles.

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