Frank Sando
| Frank Sando medal table |
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 Frank Sando 1956 |
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 England United Kingdom
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| Cross of Nations | ||
| silver | 1953 | Paris |
| gold | 1955 | San Sebastian |
| silver | 1956 | Belfast |
| gold | 1957 | Commodity |
| bronze | 1958 | Cardiff |
| silver | 1959 | Lisbon |
| European championships | ||
| bronze | 1954 Bern | 10,000 meters |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| silver | 1954 Vancouver | 6 miles |
| bronze | 1954 Vancouver | 3 miles |
Frank Sando ( Frank Dennis Sando ; born March 14, 1931 in Maidstone ; † October 13, 2012 ) was a British long-distance and cross-country runner . In addition to three medals at the Commonwealth Games and European championships on the track, he won six medals at the unofficial Cross World Championships, the Cross of Nations, in the 1950s .
Life
Between 1952 and 1960, Sando always placed in the top 10 of the English championship in cross-country running and at the Cross of Nations. However, he could win the English championship only once in 1957. At the Cross of Nations, he won in 1955 and 1957; In 1953, 1956 and 1959 he was second, and in 1958 third.
He was also successful on his career: in Helsinki in 1952 and in Melbourne in 1956 he took part in the 10,000-meter run at the Olympic Games; In 1952 he was fifth with a British record in 29: 51.8 minutes and tenth in 1956. In 1952 he improved the British 3000 meter record to 8: 25.6 minutes.
1954 Sando won silver over 6 miles and bronze over 3 miles at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver , as well as almost half a minute behind Emil Zátopek and 2 seconds behind József Kovács bronze over 10,000 meters at the European Championships in Bern .
Web links
- Frank Sando in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Distance legend Sando dies. (No longer available online.) Athletics Weekly, October 19, 2012, archived from the original on December 16, 2013 ; accessed on October 20, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Michael Sheridan: British Athletics 1946-1949 . Rally Round and Tell Your Friends. 2004, ISBN 0-9536597-3-9 , pp. 27 .
- ^ Past Winners. Senior Men. The English Cross Country Association, 2011, accessed March 19, 2011 .
- ↑ International Cross Country Championships. Men. In: GBRathletics. Athletics Weekly, 2005, accessed March 19, 2011 .
- ^ A b Andreas Janßen: British Distance Records. In: The Great Distance Runners. Retrieved March 19, 2011 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sando, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sando, Frank Dennis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British long-distance and cross-country runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maidstone |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2012 |