James Achurch
James Achurch ( James Dudley "Jim" Achurch ; born January 21, 1928 , † November 5, 2015 ) was an Australian javelin thrower .
In 1954 he won the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver . At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , he was eliminated from qualification.
1953 and 1954 he was Australian champion. He set his personal best of 68.94 m in 1956. In 1991 he was inducted into the Sunshine Coast Sports Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Athletics portrait at Athletics Australia
- James Achurch in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Sunshine Coast sporting legend Jim Achurch passes away
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Achurch, Australian Olympic javelin thrower, Died at 87
- ↑ University of the Sunshine Coast : James Achurch (1991) Javelin ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Achurch, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Achurch, James Dudley; Achurch, Jim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 2015 |