Peter Norman
Peter Norman was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on June 15th, 1942 and is the Runner. At the age of 64, Peter Norman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Peter George Norman, 1942-1972 – 2006, was an Australian track star.
He took the silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in 20.06 seconds.
This is an Oceanian record.
Norman was a five-time national 200-meter champion, and he was perhaps the third celebrity featured in a famous photograph of the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute, which occurred during the medal presentation for the 200-meter event.
In favor of fellow Olympian John Carlos and Tommie Smith, he carried a badge of the Olympic Project for Human Rights.
Norman was not selected for the 1972 Summer Olympics and resigned soon after.
Life and career
Norman grew up in a devout Salvation Army family in Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Norman, who was originally an apprentice butcher, later became a teacher and spent time in Victoria's Department of Sport and Recreation until the end of his life.
Norman was mentored by Neville Sillitoe during his athletic career.
The 200 meters event at the 1968 Olympics began on October 15th and concluded on October 16th; Norman took his heat in a time of 20.17 seconds, which was short of an Olympic record. He reached his quarter-final appearance and finished second in the semi-finals.
In the morning of October 16th, American athlete Tommie Smith led the 200-meter final in a world record time of 19.83 seconds. Norman finished second in a time of 20.06 seconds, after catching and then passing US athlete John Carlos at the finish line. Carlos finished in third place in 20.10 s. Norman's time was his all-time personal record and a record of Oceania that has yet to be published.
Norman appeared in both the 1969 Pacific Conference Games in Tokyo and the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.
After missing the 1972 Olympic team, Norman retired from athletics.
Norman was a coach for the West Brunswick Australian rules football club as a way to keep fit over the winter break in the athletic circuit's off season. He played for West Brunswick from 1972 to 1977 before coaching an under-19 squad in 1978.
Norman began tearing his achilles tendon during a charity run, which nearly resulted in his leg being amputated. The following: depression, heavy drinking, and a pain killer were all present.
Norman worked as a sports administrator until 2006 after battling depression.
Norman died of a heart attack in Melbourne on October 3rd, 2006 at the age of 64. As Peter Norman Day, the US Track and Field Federation declared the 9th of October 2006, the date of his funeral. Both Smith and Carlos died eulogies and were pallbearers at Norman's funeral, thirty-eight years after the three made history. Norman was survived by his second wife, Jan, and their children Belinda and Emma, Ruth's first wife, as well as children Gary, Sandra and four grandchildren at the time of his death.