John Paul Anderson (born 1936), is a male former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

He represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

in the 3 miles race at the

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, Western Australia. He finished sixth in the

1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at Partizan Stadium, JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962. Medalists Results Final 15 September Heats 13 September Heat 1 Heat ...

. He was a member of the Saltwell Harriers Club, where he remained unbeaten for eight-years and was club champion in 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962. In addition he won the 1963 North of England champion in the 10,000 metres and was Northumberland and Durham champion.

References

1936 births English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games athletes for England {{England-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub