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Dick Tayler
Olympic athlete
1948 –
Who is Dick Tayler?
Richard Tayler, MNZM is a former New Zealand runner who mostly competed in distances from 1500m to 10000m.
Tayler was born in Timaru, New Zealand. He is best known for winning the 10,000 metres at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. In the race he won in a time of 27:46.4 minutes, beating Dave Black of England by 2 seconds.
Tayler competed at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games, as well as the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He finished 12th at the 1st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Waregem, Belgium, 1973.
Arthritis cut short Tayler's running career.
Tayler currently resides in Christchurch.
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