Peter Snell
Sir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE (born 17 December 1938, Opunake) is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the (20th) Century" and was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall Of Fame named in 2012. A protégé of the great New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, Snell is known for the three Olympic and two Commonwealth gold medals he won, and the several world records he set.
Read more about Peter Snell: Early Athletic Career, Olympic Success, World Records, New Opportunities, Commemorations and Awards, Personal Bests
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