Personal information | |
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Nationality | English |
Born | Southampton, England | 20 April 1955
Died | 24 February 1983 27) [1] England | (aged
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Club | Southampton Athletics Club |
Simon Dominic Rodhouse (20 April 1955 – 24 February 1983) was an English male athlete.
Rodhouse was a National champion after winning the 1981 UK Athletics Championships in the shot put. [2]
He represented England in the shot put, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3] [4]
He was a PE and French teacher at St Mary's College in Southampton and was killed in a car crash (driving his V8 MGB GT) when returning home from an indoor athletics meeting at RAF Cosford on 24 February 1983. [1]
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