John FitzSimons
}} John Henry FitzSimons (born 12 February 1943) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the gold medallist at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning with a games record throw of . He is a former British record holder and was the first British man to throw the javelin beyond eighty metres. His personal best is .He was the 1964 winner of the AAA Championships and was runner-up tin Finland's Jorma Kinnunen in 1966. As well as his 1966 gold, he returned to win a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, helping England to the first ever medal sweep of the javelin by a nation, alongside compatriots Dave Travis and John McSorley. He represented Great Britain at the 1966 European Athletics Championships but ranked only 22nd overall.
He also played minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1960–1962, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. Provided by Wikipedia
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3by Rachana Devkota, Helen Hambly Odame, John Fitzsimons, Roshan Pudasaini, Manish N. RaizadaGet full text
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5by Emma Nicholson, Thérèse McDonnell, Moayed Hamza, Michael Barrett, Christopher Brunsdon, Gerard Bury, Martin Charlton, Claire Collins, Conor Deasy, Aoife De Brun, John Fitzsimons, Marie Galligan, Conor Hensey, Fiona Kiernan, Eilish McAuliffeGet full text
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6by Emma Nicholson, Thérèse McDonnell, Moayed Hamza, Michael Barrett, Christopher Brunsdon, Gerard Bury, Martin Charlton, Claire Collins, Conor Deasy, Aoife De Brun, John Fitzsimons, Marie Galligan, Conor Hensey, Fiona Kiernan, Eilish McAuliffeGet full text
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7by Marie E. Ward, Aoife De Brún, Deirdre Beirne, Clare Conway, Una Cunningham, Alan English, John Fitzsimons, Eileen Furlong, Yvonne Kane, Alan Kelly, Sinéad McDonnell, Sinead McGinley, Brenda Monaghan, Ann Myler, Emer Nolan, Róisín O’Donovan, Marie O’Shea, Arwa Shuhaiber, Eilish McAuliffeGet full text
Published 2018-06-01
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