Edward James Allsopp (15 August 1926 – 18 January 2024) was an Australian

racewalker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. One of the country's leading male race walkers in the 1950s, he set his personal best (4:20.00) in the men's 50 km in 1966. He was born in

Edenhope, Victoria Edenhope is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Wimmera Highway, 30 kilometres from the South Australian border, in the Shire of West Wimmera local government area. At the Edenhope had a population of 946. The township of Edenh ...

on 15 August 1926, and died in

Williamstown, Victoria Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay Local government areas of Victoria, ...

on 18 January 2024, at the age of 97.

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Ted Allsopp's profile at Sports Reference.comProfile
1926 births 2024 deaths Australian male race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub