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Full name | David Dower Leech | ||||||||||||||
Born | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 21 October 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | Hammer throw champion (1952, 1962, 1964, 1965) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Dower Leech (9 March 1927 – 21 October 2017) was a New Zealand hammer thrower and athletics official. He represented his country at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1997, he won a World Masters hammer throw title in the M70 category.
Leech was born on 9 March 1927. [1] He married his wife, Patricia Elizabeth, in the 1950s. [2]
Leech won his first national hammer throw championship in 1952, with a distance of 142 ft 8 in (43.48 m). [3] It was another 10 years before he won a second national, with a best throw of 169 ft 1⁄2 in (51.52 m) in 1962. [3] He went on to win the national title on four occasions in all, with successive victories in 1964 and 1965. [3] His best winning throw was 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) in 1964, when he became the first New Zealander to achieve a distance of over 54 metres. [3] [4]
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Leech represented New Zealand in the hammer throw. [5] He finished in seventh place with a best throw of 166 ft 5+1⁄2 in (50.74 m). [6]
Leech went on to be active in Masters athletics. Between 1976 and 2014, he won 20 age-group titles in the hammer throw at New Zealand Masters championships, and he won a world Masters hammer throw bronze medal in the M70 category at the 1997 World Veterans Athletics Championships. [4]
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Carr was a New Zealand's athletics section assistant manager, [7] and two years later he was the athletics section manager for the New Zealand team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [8] He received a merit award from Athletics New Zealand in 1988, and was awarded life membership of Athletics Canterbury in 1988. [4]
Leech died in Christchurch on 21 October 2017. [4] [9] His wife, Pat, died in 2021. [2]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | David Dower Leech | ||||||||||||||
Born | 9 March 1927 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 21 October 2017 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Hammer throw champion (1952, 1962, 1964, 1965) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Dower Leech (9 March 1927 – 21 October 2017) was a New Zealand hammer thrower and athletics official. He represented his country at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 1997, he won a World Masters hammer throw title in the M70 category.
Leech was born on 9 March 1927. [1] He married his wife, Patricia Elizabeth, in the 1950s. [2]
Leech won his first national hammer throw championship in 1952, with a distance of 142 ft 8 in (43.48 m). [3] It was another 10 years before he won a second national, with a best throw of 169 ft 1⁄2 in (51.52 m) in 1962. [3] He went on to win the national title on four occasions in all, with successive victories in 1964 and 1965. [3] His best winning throw was 177 ft 6 in (54.10 m) in 1964, when he became the first New Zealander to achieve a distance of over 54 metres. [3] [4]
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Leech represented New Zealand in the hammer throw. [5] He finished in seventh place with a best throw of 166 ft 5+1⁄2 in (50.74 m). [6]
Leech went on to be active in Masters athletics. Between 1976 and 2014, he won 20 age-group titles in the hammer throw at New Zealand Masters championships, and he won a world Masters hammer throw bronze medal in the M70 category at the 1997 World Veterans Athletics Championships. [4]
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Carr was a New Zealand's athletics section assistant manager, [7] and two years later he was the athletics section manager for the New Zealand team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [8] He received a merit award from Athletics New Zealand in 1988, and was awarded life membership of Athletics Canterbury in 1988. [4]
Leech died in Christchurch on 21 October 2017. [4] [9] His wife, Pat, died in 2021. [2]