William Wilkinson (born 4 August 1934) is a former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

Wilkinson was selected by England to represent his country in athletics events. He was late to athletics and gained his England debut during 1965 (aged 31) and when running for St Albans. He was selected for the 5,000 metres at the

1966 European Athletics Championships The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Hera ...

but had to withdraw through injury. Later the same year he represented

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in the 3 miles event, at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonweal ...

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. He was a member of the Saltwell Harriers Athletics Club and later the Bromsgrove and Redditch Club.

Personal life

Wilkinson moved to live in Birmingham and was an electricity generating board engineer by trade.

References

1934 births Possibly living people English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for England {{England-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub