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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (age 92) Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Loughbrough Colleges AC Birchfield Harriers | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Edward Salisbury (born 26 January 1934) is a British former400 metres runner who competed at the1956 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Salisbury finished third behindMike Wheeler in the 440 yards event at the1956 AAA Championships.[3][4]
Later that year he representedGreat Britain at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where he won the bronze medal in the4 × 400 metres relay[1] with his team matesPeter Higgins, Mike Wheeler andDerek Johnson.[5]
Salisbury improved to second position at the1957 AAA Championships behind Peter Higgins[6] before he became theBritish 440 yards champion after winning the BritishAAA Championships title at the1958 AAA Championships.[7]
At the1958 European Athletics Championships inStockholm, Salisbury won the silver medal after completing the 400 metres in 46.5 seconds, as well as a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay having recorded a time of 3 minutes 7.9 seconds.[8] In the same year he represented theEngland team[9] at theCommonwealth Games inCardiff and won silver in the 4 × 440 yards relay with team members Derek Johnson, Edward Sampson, and John Wrighton. They recorded a time of 3 minutes 9.6 seconds.[10][11]
