Denis W. Field (1931 – 15 April 2021) was an athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

Field represented

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in the triple jump at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...

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, Wales. At the age of 80, Field was still active for the Sunderland Harriers Athletic Club, and was a Chairman and President of the Veterans Athletic Association of the North East of England. He died in

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

on 15 April 2021, at the age of 90.

References

1931 births 2021 deaths Athletes from Birmingham, West Midlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games athletes for England English male triple jumpers British male triple jumpers {{England-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub