Reg Spiers
Reg Spiers (actually Reginald James Spiers; born December 14, 1941 ) is a former Australian javelin thrower .
At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962 , he was fifth.
In 1967 and 1977 he was Australian champion. He set his personal best of 78.12 m on December 14, 1963 in Adelaide .
In 1964, after trying unsuccessfully to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in England and having his money stolen, he was sent from London to Perth in an air box. In 1984 he was sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for drug smuggling and after an appeal he was extradited to Australia, where he served a five-year prison term.
literature
- Julie McSorley & Marcus McSorley: Out of the Box: The Highs and Lows of a Champion Smuggler. Roaring Forties Press, 2014, ISBN 1938901320
Web links
- Athlete portrait , Athletics Australia
- "From London to Perth: Australians sent themselves with a parcel" , by Barbara Barkhausen, Welt , September 22, 2015
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| SURNAME | Spiers, Reg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spiers, Reginald James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1941 |