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    Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres...
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  • Quax may refer to: Dick Quax (1948–2018), Dutch-born New Zealand athlete and politician Karl "Quax" Schnörrer (1919–1979), German fighter pilot Otto "Quax"...
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  • accepted by the IAAF for events up to and including 10,000m from 1981. Dick Quax's 13:12.9 from 1977 was recorded as 13:12.87 to the hundredth of a second...
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  • Foster, New Zealand's Dixon, West Germany's Hildenbrand, New Zealand's Dick Quax, and Portugal's Simoes. The Portuguese runner dropped from Virén's pace...
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  • David Nyika – boxer Richard Petherick – current New Zealand Black Stick Dick Quax – Olympic Games silver medallist, 1976 5,000 metres and later world record...
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    Ottenbros (born 1943) a former Dutch road bicycle racer, 1969 world champion Dick Quax (1948–2018) a Dutch-born New Zealand long-distance runner Hans Nijman...
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    13:08.4  Henry Rono (KEN) Berkeley 1977 13:12.86  Dick Quax (NZL) Stockholm 1976 13:13.10  Dick Quax (NZL) Stockholm 1975 13:18.6  Emiel Puttemans (BEL)...
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    Manukau City Council's portfolio leader for community safety, Councillor Dick Quax, was particularly critical. In 2009, he said that "involvement of gangs...
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    Rocky Horror Picture Show, lived in Hamilton. Mark Porter, racing driver Dick Quax, Olympic silver medallist and world record breaking runner, raised and...
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  • general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012) 1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (d. 2018) 1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian...
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    finished fourth behind four-time Olympic Champion Lasse Virén, teammate Dick Quax and Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand whose last second dive/fall denied Dixon a...
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    Sowry Russell Franklin Pakuranga Maurice Williamson 5,314 Patrick Hine Dick Quax Palmerston North Steve Maharey 13,153 George Halligan John Gerard Hehir...
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  • traffic collision. María Dolores Pradera, 93, Spanish singer and actress. Dick Quax, 70, Dutch-born New Zealand athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1976), cancer...
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    football player Simon Poelman, decathlete Anita Punt, field hockey player Dick Quax, athlete, and later a city councillor Riki van Steeden, association football...
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    in 2008. Dick Quax (1948–2018), Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician. Quax was an ACT...
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    2024. Howick councillor Jami-Lee Ross resigns scoop.co.nz, 7 March 2011 "Dick Quax wins Howick by-election". Radio New Zealand – radionz.co.nz. 27 May 2011...
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    Ian Stewart  Great Britain 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén  Finland Dick Quax  New Zealand Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand  West Germany 1980 Moscow details...
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    before gun time. In the 5,000 metres final, he held off all-time greats Dick Quax, Rod Dixon and Brendan Foster (all world-class at 1,500 m) with a devastating...
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  • Ian Stewart  Great Britain 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén  Finland Dick Quax  New Zealand Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand  West Germany 1980 Moscow details...
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    56". NewspaperArchive.com. 3 August 1972. Retrieved 29 April 2024. "Dick Quax". The Great Distance Runners. Retrieved 4 August 2024. "Knut KVALHEIM...
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    Josephine Bartley (Labour) Howick Sharon Stewart Howick J L Ross Dick Quax (C&R) Dick Quax Paul Young Maurice Williamson Manukau Alf Filipaina (Labour) Manukau...
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     West Germany 3:39.33 5000 metres details Lasse Virén  Finland 13:24.76 Dick Quax  New Zealand 13:25.16 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand  West Germany 13:25.38 10...
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  • Mills Dennis Norris Mike O'Rourke Karen Page Mike Parker Ross Pownall Dick Quax Euan Robertson Kim Robertson Kevin Ryan Robert Sadler Graham Seatter Bevan...
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    Kenneth Wang1, Paul King, Owen Jennings, Penny Webster, Andrew Davies, Dick Quax, Nigel Mattison, David Edward Olsen, Willie James Martin, Mary Hackshaw...
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  • Lunn Dick Tayler Stuart Melville Bruce Hunter 17 March 1971 Dunedin, New Zealand 4 × 1500 m relay 14:50.2 h Stuart Melville Rod Dixon Dick Quax John Walker...
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    Olympics, in addition to John Walker, Jelley also coached Rod Dixon and Dick Quax. Jelley has coached dozens of other leading athletes during his career...
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    for re-election, and Brown's main opposition were former Olympic runner Dick Quax and radio personality Willie Jackson. Brown resigned from Wynyard Wood...
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  • Boston Marathon Eliza McCartney - pole vaulter, Olympic bronze medallist Dick Quax – runner Allison Roe – runner, won Boston and New York City Marathons...
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    August 2021. "Dick Joyce". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2021. Boyack, Nicholas (12 March 2012). "Rower Dick Joyce has kept...
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    Mills Dennis Norris Mike O'Rourke Karen Page Mike Parker Ross Pownall Dick Quax Euan Robertson Kim Robertson Kevin Ryan Robert Sadler Graham Seatter Bevan...
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