| 词条 | Merv Richards |
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| name = Merv Richards | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Mervyn David Richards | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Oamaru, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|07|01|1930|11|16|df=y}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = New Zealand | sport = Track and field | event = Pole vault | nationals = {{nowrap|Pole vault champion (1952–1962)}} | pb = | club = | alma_mater = | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }} {{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}{{Medal|Bronze| 1958 Cardiff|Pole vault}} }}Mervyn David Richards (16 November 1930 – 1 July 2018) was a New Zealand pole vaulter, who represented his country at three British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in 1958. He went on to become a successful coach in both pole vault and gymnastics.[1] Early life and familyBorn in Oamaru on 16 November 1930, Richards was the youngest child of David Llewellyn Richards and Hephzibah Richards (née Mears).[1] After leaving Oamaru, the family lived briefly in Waitati, before moving to Dunedin where Richards was educated at King Edward Technical College.[1] When he was 16 years old, he began training as an optical technician, and worked in that occupation until he retired.[1] In 1958, Richards married Margaret Winifred Garrod—who won the national women's javelin title in 1957 and 1958—at Mosgiel Anglican church.[1][6] The couple went on to have three children, including Deborah Hurst who won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[1] Pole vaultCompetitorRichards won the New Zealand national pole vault title 11 years in succession, from 1952 to 1962.[2] He also represented New Zealand in the pole vault at three consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1950 to 1958.[3] At the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland, he finished eighth with a height of {{convert|12|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}}.[4] Four years later, at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, he cleared {{convert|13|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}} to finish in fifth place.[4] Finally, at the 1958 games in Cardiff, he won the bronze medal after a countback, with a vault of {{convert|13|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}.[1][4] CoachRichards was a successful pole vault coach in Dunedin, training a number of national champions, including 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games representative Kevin Gibbons.[1] He also provided technical advice to Melina Hamilton while she was a student at the University of Otago in the late 1990s.[1] Gymnastics coachRichards became a gymnastics coach at the Athlon club in Dunedin, and trained Rowena Davis and his daughter Deborah, who were a part of the New Zealand women's team that won the bronze medal in the all-around competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[1] He was subsequently appointed head coach of the New Zealand gymnastics team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but the team did not complete because of the boycott that year.[1] Later life and deathRichards became an enthusiastic lapidary, and won the New Zealand Lapidary Cup in 1986 and 2011.[1] He died on 1 July 2018.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20180825/282385515371957 |title=Pole vault trailblazer the 'founder' of the sport in NZ |work=Otago Daily Times |date=25 August 2018 |first=Jeff |last=Cheshire |accessdate=24 January 2019}} {{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}{{1954 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}{{1958 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team}}{{Footer New Zealand NC pole vault men}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Merv}}2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |website= |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |accessdate=24 January 2019 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings |pages=46–47}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/merv-richards/ |title=Merv Richards |year=2018 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=24 January 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39504 |title=Mervyn Richards |year=2018 |publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation |accessdate=24 January 2018}} 13 : 1930 births|2018 deaths|Sportspeople from Oamaru|People educated at King Edward Technical College|New Zealand male pole vaulters|Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand|Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|New Zealand athletics coaches|Gymnastics coaches |
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