Tony Bowditch

Tony Bowditch
nation	Nauru
birthday
Career
Best performance	2: 07.4 min ( 800 m ) 4: 07.2 min ( 1500 m ) 3:03:15 h ( marathon ) 9: 54.0 min ( 3000 m obstacle )
status	resigned
Medal table
South Pacific Games gold 1966 Nouméa 1500 m silver 1966 Nouméa 3000 m obstacle bronze 1969 Port Moresby 3000 m obstacle

Anthony "Tony" Bowditch is a retired Nauruan track and field athlete .

life and career

Bowditch won the gold medal over 1500 meters (4: 07.9 min) at the South Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia in 1966 and behind the Fijian Usaia Sotutu the silver medal over 3000 meters obstacle (10: 01.0 min). At the South Pacific Games held in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) in 1969 , the Nauru qualified with the fifth fastest time in the run for the final over 1500 meters, but stepped - after he had won the bronze medal over 3000 meters obstacle behind Sototu and his compatriot Nowame Vuto (10: 09.6 min) - not to the final. Bowditch also did not take part in the 5000-meter run despite reports , he could not finish the marathon . Six years later Bowditch was fourth at the 1975 South Pacific Games on Guam over 3000 meters obstacle (10: 49.6 min), in the marathon he finished ninth among 15 starters in a time of 3:03:15 hours.

Bowditch trained with long-distance runner Robert "Robbie" Morgan-Morris . It is unclear whether Bowditch (and Morgan-Morris) actually hold Nauruan citizenship .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Nauru National Records. In: athletics-oceania.com (June 15, 2016), p. 17.
2. ^ GK Roberts: Pacific Games. In: Pacific Islands Monthly , Issue May 1969, p 52 - 53 .
3. ^ South Pacific Games Noumea, New Caledonia 1966. In: athleticsfiji.com , pp. 5, 7.
4. ^ South Pacific Games Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 1969. In: athletics-oceania.com , pp. 5-7.
5. ^ South Pacific Games Tumon, Guam 1975. In: websites.sportstg.com , pp. 6, 7.
6. ↑ Nauru's champion to foster marathon. In: Pacific Islands Monthly , November 1967 issue, p. 74.