Albie Thomas
George Albert " Albie " Thomas ( born February 8, 1935 in Hurstville City, New South Wales, † October 27th 2013 in Sydney) was an Australian middle and long distance runners.
Career
Since 1953, Thomas was trained by Percy Cerutty. At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956, he was fifth in the 5000m.
In 1958 he presented on 9 July in Dublin with 13:10,8 min a world record over three miles on. In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff he won silver and bronze over three miles in the mile run. After that he was on August 6 in Dublin Pacemakers for Herb Elliott at the world record in the mile run ( 3:54,5 min); Thomas himself remained with 3:58,6 first time under four minutes. The next day, he put his hand to 8:32,0 min on a world record over two miles.
At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 he finished eleventh over 5000 m and 1500 m difference in the flow of. In 1962 he was. At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth each fifth over a mile and three miles Two years later, he came at the Olympic Games in Tokyo about 1500 m and 5000 m does not have the preliminaries out.
Four times he was Australian champion in the mile run (1962-1965) and three times over three miles ( 1957-1959 ). In 1963 he was the New South Wales champion in the marathon and 1975 Senior World Champion in the class M40 above 1500 m and 3000 m.
Albie Thomas started for the St George District Athletic Club ( SGDAC ).