Anthony 'Tony' Derrick Simmons (born 6 October 1948) is a male former athlete.

Athletics career

Simmons represented

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in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, in

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finishing seventh in the 10,000 metres. Four years later he represented his birth country (Wales) in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres events, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in

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, finishing sixth in the 10,000 metres and seventh in the 5,000 metres. He won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the

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, finishing 4 hundredths of a second behind the gold medallist. In the

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he qualified for the finals of the 10,000 metres, finishing 4th. He set a world best for the half-marathon at Welwyn Garden City,

on 24 June 1978 of 62 minutes 47 seconds. The mark stood for nearly 16 months until eclipsed by Nick Rose.

Personal bests

* 1 mile: 4:03.1, 19 July 1967, Motspur Park, New Malden, London (British record as an 18 year old at the time) *

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: 3:41.1 min, 12 June 1977, Cwmbran * 2000 metres: 5:05.32 min, 4 July 1975, London * 3000 metres: 7:51.53 min, 23 August 1978, London * 5000 metres: 13:21.2 min, 23 May 1976, Kiev *

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: 27:43.59 min, 30 June 1977, Helsinki * Marathon: 2:12:33 h, 7 May 1978, Sandbach

References

Tony Simmons at ''Sports-Reference.com''

Tony Simmons at ''The Power of Ten''
* Living people 1948 births Sportspeople from Bridgend Welsh male long-distance runners English male marathon runners Welsh male marathon runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub