Power, David

At the Summer Olympics in Melbourne (1956) in the 10,000 meter race he took seventh place with a score of 29: 49.2 minutes. In 1957, he excelled at the Australian Championship at a distance of six miles (the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of ten kilometers). In 1958 he successfully defended the title. In July of that year, he won the six-mile race at the British Empire and the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff; at a distance of three miles took seventh place. Two days later, with a result of 2: 22: 45.6 he won the marathon.

In 1959, he became the champion of Australia at two distances at once - three and six miles, in 1960 he won again the race not three miles. At the Summer Olympic Games in Rome (1960), he took fifth place at a distance of 5000 m (13: 51.8 min.), And won a bronze medal in the run at 10000 m (28: 38.2 min.). In 1961, he won both of the stayer distances at the national championship, and at the Games of the British Empire and the Commonwealth in Perth (1962) he became a double silver medalist in the six-mile race and in the marathon. In 1963, he was third at the pre-Olympic international marathon in Japan.

In 1999, he was inducted into the Australia Sports Hall of Fame.

• http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/dave-power-1.html
• http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/distance-runnign-star-dav-power-dies-aged-85/story-fni2u98u-1226816155021