1. John Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres.
17 Facts About Jack Lovelock
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Jack Lovelock was born in the town of Crushington as the son of English immigrants.
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In 1928, his final year, Jack Lovelock was school dux, head prefect, and won the school's boxing championship cup.
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Jack Lovelock showed a talent for sports while at the university, and competed for the university team in the New Zealand 1-mile championships.
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Jack Lovelock graduated with an MB ChB degree as a medical practitioner.
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Shortly afterwards, in 1934 Jack Lovelock won the gold medal in the mile at the British Empire Games.
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Jack Lovelock lost some races, and believed that he could only make one supreme effort in a season.
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The highlight of Jack Lovelock's career came in 1936, when he won the gold medal in the 1500 m at the Berlin Olympics, setting a world record in the final.
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Jack Lovelock had plotted ever since his defeat at Los Angeles and developed a revolutionary tactic.
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Jack Lovelock had been regarded as a sprinter in the home straight but cleverly disguised his plan and caught his opponents napping with a brilliantly timed move.
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Jack Lovelock, who was the captain of the New Zealand Olympic team, raced once more for the British Commonwealth after Berlin and his last race was back at Princeton en route to a Government-sponsored trip to New Zealand where he was beaten by another of the Olympic finalists, the American Archie San Romani, with Cunningham third, rounding out the cast of a memorable period of middle-distance running.
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Jack Lovelock maintained his interest in athletics until at least the outbreak of the Second World War as a newspaper contributor.
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Jack Lovelock was a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.
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Jack Lovelock married Cynthia James in 1945 and had two daughters.
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Jack Lovelock was waiting at the Church Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York, when he fell onto the tracks, probably as a result of one of the dizziness attacks to which he was subject after being thrown from a horse in 1940.
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Jack Lovelock has inspired books, stamps, a stage play and a film.
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The Jack Lovelock Classic is an annual athletics meet held in Timaru, with the men's mile run as the feature event.