Jack Foster
Olympic athlete
1932 – 2004
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Who was Jack Foster?
John Charles Foster was a former long-distance runner born in Liverpool, England. He represented New Zealand in the men's marathon at two Summer Olympics of Munich, West Germany and Montreal, Canada. A resident of Rotorua, he won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch with a master's world record time of 2:11:19 at the age of 41. Two years earlier, he had set a world record for 20 miles at 1:39:14.
He was killed while out riding his bicycle in Rotorua.
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- Born
- May 23, 1932
England - Nationality
- New Zealand
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Jun 5, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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