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Sylvia Potts

Sylvia Potts
Personal information
Birth nameSylvia Mildred Oxenham
Born(1943-09-19)19 September 1943
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died31 August 1999(1999-08-31) (aged 55)
Hastings, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)[1]
Spouse
(m. 1965)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 m, 1500 m
Coached byAllan Potts
Achievements and titles
National finals440 yds champion (1967, 1969)
400 m champion (1970)
880 yds champion (1969)
800 m champion (1970)
3 km cross country champion (1970)
Personal best800 m – 2:04.0

Sylvia Mildred Potts ONZM (née Oxenham, 19 September 1943 – 31 August 1999) was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete who represented her country at two Commonwealth and one Olympic Games. She memorably fell two metres from the finish of the 1500 m final at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh while leading the race.

  1. ^ a b "Sylvia Potts". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

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