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Robert 'Bob' Edward Francis Setti (1938-2005), was a male athlete who competed for England.
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Robert 'Bob' Edward Francis Setti (1938-2005), was a male athlete who competed for England.
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. [1] [2]
The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are also included as full members of their national teams, making the Commonwealth Games as the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. It is also the world's first multi-sport event which inducts equal number of women’s and men’s medal events and was implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. With such unique features, the World Economic Forum called the event inspiring and significant.
Sheila Sherwood is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympic Games and had a career best distance of 6.73 metres.
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Philip "Phil" Andrew Brown is a British male retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Brian Leonard Kilby is a retired marathon runner from Great Britain.
England is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales.
David "Dave" Smith is a retired hammer thrower from Great Britain.
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Andrew 'Howard' Payne was an English Olympic track and field athlete. He specialised in the hammer throw event during his career.
Ronald René Charles Paul was a British fencer.
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Keith Collin was a British diver who won the gold medal in the Men's 3 metres (9.8 ft) springboard diving at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
John Clarey is a British former racing cyclist.
Robert 'Bob' C Addy is a former British cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also represented England in the road race at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
Carl Smith was a male British lightweight rower.
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George Newton (1936-2016), was a male weightlifter who competed for England.
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