Dick Quax
New Zealand athlete (1948–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician.
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Full name | Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus Quax | ||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1948-01-01)1 January 1948 Alkmaar, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 May 2018(2018-05-28) (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Coached by | John Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||
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National finals | 1 mile champion (1969) 5000 m champion (1972, 1973, 1974) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 5,000 m – 13:12.87 10,000 m – 27:41.95 Marathon – 2:10:47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Quax stood for Parliament for the ACT Party in 1999 and 2002. He was a Manukau City councillor from 2001 to 2007, when he stood unsuccessfully for mayor, and was a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2011 until his death in 2018.