Pat Boot
New Zealand middle-distance runner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vernon Patrick Boot (22 October 1914 – 15 January 1947) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who represented his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics and at the 1938 British Empire Games, winning gold and bronze medals at the latter.
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Birth name | Vernon Patrick Boot | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1914-10-22)22 October 1914 Kaikōura, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Died | 15 January 1947(1947-01-15) (aged 32) Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Canterbury Agricultural College | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Lorna Hinepare Kessell
(m. 1940; died 1943) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Club | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | 880 yards champion (1936, 1938, 1939, 1940) 1 mile champion (1936) | ||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:50.5 (1938) Mile – 4.12.6 (1938)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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