11 Facts About Frank Sando

Frank Dennis Sando was a British long-distance runner.

Frank Sando was born on 31 March 1931 in Maidstone, to Ernest and Maria Frank Sando.

Frank Sando finished fourth in the English Youth Cross-Country Championship in 1948 and 1949.

In 1954 Frank Sando ran in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, where he finished second in the six miles to Peter Driver and third in the three miles to Chris Chataway.

Frank Sando went on to win the International Cross-Country Championships in San Sebastien, Spain in 1955.

Frank Sando later described this as the greatest disappointment of his athletic career, and it was the final time he represented his country on the track.

In 1957 Frank Sando won the National Cross-Country Championship at Parliament Hill Fields and the International Championships.

Frank Sando subsequently decided to retire from serious athletics to concentrate on family commitments and further study, bringing to an end a long sporting career at the top of world athletics.

Frank Sando was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.

Frank Sando retired from the Civil Service in 1991 as Chief Statistician.

Frank Sando continued his involvement with athletics in an organisational capacity into his later years, having been President of Kent County Athletics Association in 1980 and 2003, as well as various other administrative roles within the county organisation.