David William Power (14 July 1928 – 1 February 2014) was an Australian
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-dev ...
who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres during his career.
Born in
Maitland, New South Wales, he competed for Australia in the
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, wh ...
in Melbourne and the
1960 Summer Olympics
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held in
Rome
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,
Italy
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in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal.
Quote by Herb Elliott, “Dave Power . . . is perhaps the most lion-hearted athlete I’ve known . . . " Website Racing Past says, "One of the greatest Australian runners between 1958 and 1962." Power won two gold medals at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales in the 6 mile and
marathon
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races, and collected two silver medals in the same events at the