Frank Murphy (runner)
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| Birth name | Francis Murphy | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Frank | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1947 Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 January 2017 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||
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Frank Murphy (21 May 1947 – 5 January 2017) was an Irish athlete, who specialised in middle-distance running. He earned a silver medal by finishing in second place in the 1500 metres event at the 1969 European Athletics Championships.[1] He competed at the Summer Olympics in 1968 and 1972.[2] He was also a 1500 m runner-up to Henryk Szordykowski at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[3] He died on 5 January 2017 at the age of 69.[4]
References
- ^ All-time European Championships – Mens Distances. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ^ Frank Murphy Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ^ European Indoor Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-01-19.
- ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/irish-olympic-track-runner-frank-murphy-dies-aged-69-1.2927004